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Employees charged in connection with death and assaults at Alabama jail
WALKER COUNTY, ALABAMA, JUL 29 – Six employees face federal charges including conspiracy and deprivation of rights in connection with the 2023 death of Tony Mitchell and assaults on five other inmates, authorities said.
- Six employees at Walker County Jail were indicted last Monday on deprivation of rights and conspiracy charges, related to inmate Mitchell’s death.
- Tony Mitchell was arrested on Jan. 12, 2023, after a welfare check request, and died on Jan. 26, 2023, after two weeks in custody.
- The indictment alleges Holtzman and Wakefield assaulted Tony Mitchell, who was described as naked, wet, cold, and covered in feces in a concrete cell.
- Attorneys said last week the six are set for arraignment in federal court on Aug. 14, with a confidential settlement reached with 15 correctional and law enforcement officials.
- A total of 20 people have been indicted or pleaded guilty, with the county coroner's death certificate listing hypothermia and sepsis as causes of Mitchell's death.
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July 28, 2025 – WALKER COUNTY, Alabama – Agencies. Six Walker County Correctional Officers, five former officials and one in service, have been charged at the federal level, five of them related to the death of inmate Tony Mitchell in January 2023. The charges are for deprivation of rights under the pretext of authority. Officers Arcelia Tidwell, Dayton Wakefield, Daniel Vickery, Jacob Edwards and Robert Madison face specific charges for their a…
6 corrections officers charged with assaulting inmate at Walker County Jail
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) -- Several employees at the Walker County Jail have been charged with abusing at least six inmates, including one who died as a result of "medical neglect" he suffered at the jail. Arcelia Tidwell, Dayton Wakefield, Robert Madison, Daniel Vickery and Jacob Edwards are accused of depriving Anthony "Tony" Mitchell of his rights, specifically, depriving him of humane conditions of confinement including food, clothing, she…
6 corrections officers charged with assaulting inmate at Alabama jail
WALKER COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) -- Several employees at the Walker County Jail have been charged with abusing at least six inmates, including one who died as a result of "medical neglect" he suffered at the jail. Arcelia Tidwell, Dayton Wakefield, Robert Madison, Daniel Vickery and Jacob Edwards are accused of depriving Anthony "Tony" Mitchell of his rights, specifically, depriving him of humane conditions of confinement including food, clothing, she…
Six more Walker County jailers indicted in death of Tony Mitchell, assault of other inmates
The family of a man who died after allegedly spending two weeks "naked, wet, cold, and covered in feces" on the floor of a cement cell in the Walker County Jail has settled their civil case with several law enforcement and corrections officers.
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