ADOC: Inmate dies following assault at Bullock Correctional Facility A spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Corrections said an inmate at lock Correctional Facility died on May 8, 2021. (Source: WSFA 12 News) By WSFA Staff | May 10, 2021 at 9:08 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 9:08 PM
UNION SPRINGS, Ala. (WSFA) - An inmate’s death at Bullock Correctional Facility in Union Springs is under investigation.
A spokeswoman for the Alabama Department of Corrections said 32-year-old Regial Ingram died Saturday after sustaining injuries in an apparent inmate-on-inmate assault.
ADOC said his exact cause of death is pending a full autopsy.
“Violence within ADOC facilities is not tolerated, and the fatal actions taken against Ingram by another inmate are being thoroughly investigated by the Department’s Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD),” said Kristi Simpson, deputy to the ADOC chief of staff.
ADOC reacts after lawsuit filed to block mega-prisons plan
By WSFA 12 News Staff
Published: Apr. 28, 2021 at 6:17 PM CDT|Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 12:17 PM CDT
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Corrections is reacting to news that a lawsuit has been filed that seeks to block construction of Gov. Kay Ivey’s $3 billion mega-prisons project.
“The Alabama Department of Corrections conducted extensive due diligence prior to, and in the process of, undertaking this project to ensure the Leases were entered into in accordance with applicable laws,” said Kristi Simpson, Deputy to the Chief of Staff and Interim Departmental Spokesperson for the ADOC.
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ADOC plans to spend $1.5M on marketing firm
Legislators upset about ADOC PR contract By Lydia Nusbaum | April 1, 2021 at 8:08 PM CDT - Updated April 1 at 8:08 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Alabama Department of Corrections plans to contract out with a marketing firm for $1.5 million to help manage the many challenges it faces.
The ADOC has contracted out with the company Markstein Consulting for the past year, which has cost the state $600,000. However, the department has amended that contract to bump the cost to $1.5 million.
“Given the complexities of the longstanding challenges facing our correctional system, coupled with the need to operate with speed and urgency to address these challenges and communicate with the public, our communications partner’s services are critical to the ADOC’s overall transformation and ability to share information effectively and transparently around complicated issues of public concern,” said Interim Departmental Spokesperson Kris