Holman Prison Placed On Lockdown After Fatal Inmate Stabbing

April 22, 2015

Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore was placed on lockdown following a homicide Wednesday.

The Alabama Department of Corrections said inmate Lawrence Utley, 67, was fatally stabbed inside the facility by another inmate.

Robert Aaron Williams, 58, was detained as a suspect in the stabbing.  Williams is serving a life sentence for a 2014 murder conviction in Mobile County.

Utley had served 30 years of a life sentence for a 1985 sodomy conviction in Mobile County.

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13 Responses to “Holman Prison Placed On Lockdown After Fatal Inmate Stabbing”

  1. Adam on April 25th, 2015 8:06 am

    That’s what thay get for trying to play wit the big boys

  2. Bill on April 25th, 2015 2:37 am

    Mam, If your son has to work at facility like,Holma, Fountain….keep him home to he seeks new employment. Atmore, leave

  3. ann on April 24th, 2015 6:22 pm

    OMG this is so scary my son starts his new correction officer job there may 1st I have heard so many bad things about this prison an then something like his happens

  4. Daniel on April 24th, 2015 6:20 am

    I wonder what this will cost the tax payers. Bad enough we have to support their sorry lives for all these years, now there most likely will be a trial. Some one going to miss work to sit on a jury, judges, transportation, extra security, and for what?

  5. RB on April 23rd, 2015 8:32 am

    Live like a animal , die like a animal. I’m sure that sodomized victim feels sad about it.

  6. clint on April 23rd, 2015 7:39 am

    looks like a little payback.

  7. dug fan on April 23rd, 2015 7:16 am

    Google it. He was a child molester. Not hard to figure out. Both from Mobile county, Williams has a life sentence at age 57. Perfect time for some payback. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/04/second_fatal_stabbing_at_an_al.html

  8. Sport94 on April 23rd, 2015 5:12 am

    How do you detain someone who is already in prison?

  9. Jane on April 23rd, 2015 3:50 am

    So the murderer killed again. At least he wasn’t out of prison. Maybe now they can put him on death row? I am sorry for the family of the murdered man.

  10. janet on April 23rd, 2015 12:49 am

    Now what a sad story!!It is sad enough that your not safe on the streets anymore and then you see this. it is just like wow!!

  11. aga on April 22nd, 2015 11:04 pm

    And a murderer does what he does…..to a child molester, I’m guessing.

  12. Bob's Brother on April 22nd, 2015 8:01 pm

    This is really sad. Two guys with little hope of ever getting out and one kills the other. Must have been some real bad blood.
    I’m wondering how a person gets a life sentence for sodomy. Repeat offender?, Violent rape? Who knows…

  13. mick on April 22nd, 2015 5:25 pm

    Crime among criminals…

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