October 26, 2021

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) issues COVID-19 reports every Tuesday that detail new information recorded over the previous week (previous Monday – Friday). The Department’s website dashboard is updated with this information shortly after our weekly COVID-19 report is issued.

The following information is up to date as of October 22, 2021:

INMATE POPULATION

The ADOC has confirmed that eleven (11) additional inmates have tested positive for COVID-19:

• Donaldson Correctional Facility – (Bessemer, Alabama) – one (1) inmate
• Staton Correctional Facility (Elmore, Alabama) – four (4) inmates
• Julia Tutwiler Quarantine Intake Facility (Wetumpka, Alabama) – six (6) inmates

Newly identified positive case(s) may be symptomatic or asymptomatic. All existing quarantine protocols held in-place or newly implemented as recommended by the ADOC’s contracted State Medical Director are being maintained at each facility where newly identified positive inmate(s) are currently housed.

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