"The termination of the UAB/ADOC contract does not change anything concerning the lawsuits that have been filed. The damage to those families has already been done," said an attorney representing several of the dead inmates' families.
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All inmate deaths are investigated by the ADOC’s Law Enforcement Services Division. However, under existing state law, post-mortem examinations or autopsies are
The attorney expressed frustration as families say their loved ones who died while incarcerated in Alabama prisons were missing organs after their autopsies.
Three months after Courtney Staggs went missing, human remains were found in a wooded area off Jarmon Lane in Colbert County. Two years later, the remains have not been identified.