Joint Law Enforcement Operation Targets Contraband at Holman Prison

ATMORE, Ala. - Today, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) conducted a joint law enforcement operation in an effort to find and remove illegal contraband from the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore. ADOC officials launched the operation at 4:30 a.m. with support from more than 300 officials from local, county and state law enforcement agencies.

ADOC Deputy Commissioner of Operations, Charles Daniels, led the operation at the maximum security prison that houses an inmate population of 870. ADOC investigations and intelligence agents, correctional emergency response teams, and correctional K-9 drug units took part in the operation. Participating agencies included resources from Pardons and Paroles, AEMA, ADOT, Atmore, Bay Minette, Brewton Police Departments, and support from the Baldwin, Butler, Escambia and Monroe County sheriff’s departments.

“The ADOC is conducting these large scale joint operations in a move to eradicate contraband, identify deficiencies, and to take all necessary steps to reverse the trend of increased violence in our prisons,” said Daniels. “We are going to do whatever is necessary to eliminate the contraband problem in our prisons while sending a message to those who are responsible. Such criminal activity will not be tolerated and anyone who is caught bringing illegal items into our prisons will be charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

In February, ADOC conducted a similar joint operation at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville. The successful operation seized more than 160 makeshift weapons, 48 cell phones, 110 grams of Marijuana, and 276 grams of the synthetic drug, flakka.

Daniels said ADOC will continue to conduct the unannounced joint operations at other major correctional facilities in the future with assistance from outside law enforcement agencies.

The public should contact the ADOC Investigations and Intelligence Division at 1-866-293-7799 with information that may lead to the arrest of anyone attempting to introduce illegal contraband into state prisons. The public may also report suspicious activity by going to the ADOC Website at http://www.doc.alabama.gov/investigationrequest.

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