Dothan, AL – According to the statement, the reported death comes as the Justice Department argues a lawsuit should not be dismissed against the state prison system.
His name is Edwin Brazil and he died June 22 at a hospital from injuries sustained in an apparent assault by a fellow inmate on June 13, the prison system confirmed. Brazil was serving a 35-year sentence for first-degree robbery.
No charges have been announced in the death, but prison spokeswoman Kristi Simpson it is under investigation.
The fatality followed a spate of deaths on May where three inmates were killed in one week in separate incidents at three different prisons.
Alabama lawmakers this year approved a bill by Rep. Chris England that would require the prison system to provide additional information in quarterly reports to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee, including information on staffing, officer retention and assaults.
