Emergency Teams Regain Control Of Holman Prison After Stabbings

March 15, 2016

The Alabama Department of Corrections sent three Correctional Emergency Response Teams (CERT) to the William C. Holman Correctional Facility on Monday in response to an inmate-on-inmate stabbing.’

For more information from Gov. Robert Bentley’s visit to the prison Tuesday morning, click here.

Officials report the assault happened at approximately 8:30 a.m. in a prison dormitory when an inmate assaulted another inmate with a makeshift weapon. Corrections officers responded to the incident and removed the victim from the dormitory. The inmate’s injuries were not considered life-threatening.

When officers tried to apprehend the suspect in the stabbing, they were met with resistance. Prisoners became aggressive and barricaded themselves inside the dorm. Officers secured all sections of the prison to prevent the inmates inside the dorm from entering other parts of the facility. Approximately 70 inmates were the dorm at this time of the incident. Inmates had attempted to gain control of the same dormitory on Friday, with the prison regaining control the following morning.

In response to Monday’s disturbance, the CERT entered and regained control of the dorm at approximately 2:45 p.m. The inmates responsible for Mondaday’s disturbance were detained and moved to segregation. The dormitory is again secured and the prison remains on lockdown. No additional injuries to officers or inmates were reported.

The lockdown limits the movement of inmates inside the prison, and officials have temporarily cancelled visitation. A CERT team will remain at the prison to assist corrections officers in maintaining order at the prison.

The corrections officer who was stabbed Friday night is recovering from his injuries. Warden Carter Davenport, who was also stabbed, reported to the prison on Sunday. The inmates who were involved in the weekend stabbings, and other inmates who took part in the disturbance, were being detained away from the prison’s general population

After the weekend disturbance ended, the CERT Teams searched the prison’s housing units and found 30 cellphones, makeshift knives and other contraband. It is not known at this time what prompted the disturbance. An investigation is ongoing to determine the cause.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is expected to visit Holman Monday to meet with prison officials and tour the facility to get the latest information on the two disturbances in the past three days that have left three people with stab wounds.

Pictured top: Holman Prison in Atmore Picture below: Visitors to Holman Prison in Atmore were stopped at a guard gate along Highway 21 on Monday as the facility remained under lockdown. NorthEscambia.com photos.

Comments

2 Responses to “Emergency Teams Regain Control Of Holman Prison After Stabbings”

  1. Tinbender on March 15th, 2016 10:01 pm

    Gee, what a perfect location for small, localized CELL PHONE JAMMERS, DUH.
    Had a foster child in the house and he talked to his incarcerated dad all the time. This is a way too common problem. Can it really be that difficult to jam the joint.

  2. AC on March 15th, 2016 10:19 am

    Need to reinstate the “chain-gang”. Inmates would be too tired to riot after a day of cutting weeds with a slingblade on the side of the highway.

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