AL DOC: Inmate to face murder charges

Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn says an inmate serving twenty years for robbery will be prosecuted in connection with the stabbing at Holman Prison in Atmore. Authorities say corrections officer Kenneth Bettis died Friday after being stabbed on September first. The attack occurred at Holman prison, which has been the site of multiple outbreaks of sporadic violence. Critics blame acts of violence on Alabama’s prison jail overcrowding problem. The Alabama Public Radio newsroom spent the last few months investigating what happens to people when they enter the state’s prison system and what happens when they come out. Click below for the first four parts of that series. This week on APR, Stan Ingold reports on getting former inmates back into the workforce. Why should Alabama Care? According to the U.S. Attorney’s office in Birmingham, one in four Alabamians has a conviction, and one in three has an arrest record.