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Family files federal lawsuit against Alabama Department of Corrections over inmate’s death [Video]
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Family files federal lawsuit against Alabama Department of Corrections over inmate’s death [Video]

Video above: Previous coverageThe family of a Jefferson County man who died the day he was to be released from prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit against the Alabama Department of Corrections, claiming officials failed to keep him safe. Daniel Williams was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to assault and theft charges.Court documents show he spent some of his sentence in two other prisons before ultimately landing in Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore.The lawsuit claims that three weeks before he was set to be released, Williams was “held hostage” by fellow inmate Lamont Wilson, “brutally tortured,” “forced to consume drugs against his will” and sexually assaulted for at least two days until he slipped out of consciousness on Oct. 19, 2023, and was found in Wilson’s bed. Williams was later taken to a prison medical facility and died on Nov. 9, the day he was originally set to be released. The suit blames three wardens at Staton, Joseph Headley, Charles McKee and Charmelle Lucki, as well as ADOC’s Commissioner John Hamm for Williams’ death, stating that they “acted with deliberate indifference to the care and safety of inmates.” It alleges that despite his lengthy record of sexual violence, the wardens “failed to take disciplinary measures” against Wilson that would have kept him away from the general population, instead keeping him in an “open bay dormitory setting where he would have free rein over other inmates.”According to the lawsuit, Wilson had already been reported for sexual assault nine times at five different Alabama correctional facilities.The Department of Corrections did do an investigation on Wilson but he was never charged.WVTM 13’s Lisa Crane spoke to Williams’ family just days after he passed away last year.They told her that prison officials said he’d overdosed, but they say that he appeared to have been severely beaten with the lawsuit further alleging that he had “indentations in his head that appeared to be from the beatings.”His fiance was forced to come to terms with the fact that their daughter may never remember her father.How am I supposed to tell her about her daddy? Like, why isn’t he here? Why didn’t he ever come home?Williams’ family has requested a trial by jury. You can read their full lawsuit here.

‘Far from truth’: Mallkarjun Kharge criticises Amit Shah’s speech in Parliament [Video]
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‘Far from truth’: Mallkarjun Kharge criticises Amit Shah’s speech in Parliament [Video]

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his speech in the Parliament, claiming that his remarks were “far from truth” and added that the latter had come to Parliament only to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

KMBC 9 Investigates undercover with police to stop shoplifters [Video]
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KMBC 9 Investigates undercover with police to stop shoplifters [Video]

The Clay County Sheriffs Office and Liberty Police Department are watching parking lots and stores much closer after an operation last week that caught suspected shoplifters in the act. The agencies allowed KMBC 9 Investigates to go undercover with Operation Full Cart Press to see the tactics and strategies police and deputies are using to stop retail theft. KMBC rode undercover with Clay County deputies Josh Doss and Chase Adkison during an operation last Monday in the Liberty Commons shopping center. The deputies stood by in an unmarked vehicle for hours waiting for word from loss prevention officers inside stores if they saw anyone shoplifting. They were ready to swoop in and apprehend anyone leaving the stores, while deputies and officers stood by in marked vehicles in other parking lots around Liberty in case suspects got away. The deputies looked for stolen license plates, cars backed into handicapped spots and parked along shopping center curbs as potential vehicles of interest.KMBC also followed Clay County Corporal Phillip Waltman on Friday. He was stationed in Pleasant Valley near the QT gas station to cast a wide net in case suspects started driving away after leaving stores.”Operations we have done where we have been successful have also helped deter anybody from wanting to come back to at least this area,” Waltman said.Four people were apprehended as part of the operation last week. Three of those people have already been charged. A stolen vehicle was also located.Yolanda Tinsley, 54, of Kansas City, was charged with resisting arrest and misdemeanor stealing after she allegedly stole $634.81 worth of items from Feldman’s Farm and Home.Sylvester Smith, 58, of Columbia, Missouri, was charged with felony stealing after alleged theft at Feldman’s Farm and Home.Joe Wright, 51, of Kansas City, was charged with misdemeanor stealing after alleged theft at Feldman’s Farm and Home. An amount was not specified for Smith or Wright.A 22-year-old woman from Kansas City was arrested and faces charges after allegedly stealing $243.60 worth of items from Hobby Lobby, Target, and T.J. Maxx.Retail theft is a $121 billion problem nationwide, according to the National Retail Federation.”The stores have got to pass that loss on to someone, and so youre going to pay more,” said Liberty police captain Nathan Mulch.”You also have got to think about the other crimes these people are committing,” Adkison said. “A lot of times we’re finding drugs, drug paraphernalia, drugs in the car, they’re engaging in high-speed pursuits, felony warrants.”During KMBCs time with the crew, deputies watched several people closely, but the deputies made no arrests. “That’s the prime goal right, is that we don’t have to take action,” Adkison said.