Three correctional sergeants who worked at William Donaldson Correctional Facility were taken into custody this week.
According to the Alabama Department of Corrections, the investigation began after an inmate was assaulted by other convicts on October 25. The ADOC claimed correctional supervisors were aware of the impending violence.
The investigation revealed that correctional sergeants Neicko White, Michael Underwood, and Devontay Jackson failed to take reasonable preventive precautions to prevent the assault despite receiving advance warning. The Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office, Bessemer Division, charged each of them with failure to perform their duties or violating the law as guards in charge of offenders.
White and Jackson were arrested and brought to the Jefferson County Jail in Bessemer on Thursday. Underwood was arrested and transferred to the same jail the next day.
The issuing magistrate set a $3,000 bond for each suspect. The ADOC has not stated the job status of each sergeant.
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