BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ( WIAT ) — A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections following the death of an inmate who was killed shortly before he was to be released from prison last year.
The Birmingham law firm Farris, Riley and Pitt have filed the suit on behalf of the family of Daniel Williams, a 22-year-old man who died after allegedly being raped and beaten for days at Staton Correctional Facility.
Williams, a father of two, was serving a little under a year in prison for an assault and theft charge. He was scheduled to be released from Staton on November 9, 2023.
“Within days of reaching that time of when he would be free, he was held against his will for roughly three days, sexually assaulted, raped during that time, numerous times, had restraint marks and beat nearly to the point of unconscious,” said Callee Mendenhall, one of the lead attorneys on the lawsuit. “In fact, when they did find him, he was unconscious.”
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