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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Chandler

Families describe deaths, violence in Alabama prisons as they push for change

Alabama Prisons - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead.

Mathis died June 4, 2024, after being placed in general population instead of a cell for his own protection, his father said. Tim Mathis said he wants answers. He is concerned his 31-year-old son didn't die by accidental overdose but by a “hot shot” — a lethal dose of drugs administered against his will.

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