Stacy Carter was shocked when she learned her 27-year-old son had died at Wallens Ridge. An official at the prison told her Aubrey McKay was found dead in his cell, but the medical examiner told her the man was pronounced dead at a hospital and had suffered serious injuries.
“She told me all the head trauma he had, the black eyes he had, and that he had bruises on his arms and ankles from the handcuffs and the shackles,” she recalls. “But her biggest concern was the fractured Adam’s apple, and she wasn’t happy about that, so she opened up an investigation.”
In early May, correctional officers were attacked by five inmates at that prison, and family members of at least five say their loved ones have been beaten by guards since then.
McKay’s mother says he had reported that officers at Wallens Ridge didn’t like him and used racist slurs…