Inmate found dead in shower at Donaldson Correctional Facility
A 33-year-old state prison inmate was found dead Thursday at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in western Jefferson County.
The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the inmate as Willie Jamell Thompson. He was from Quinton.
Thompson was found unresponsive in the shower at 1 p.m. Thursday. He was pronounced dead on the scene at 1:39 p.m.
Coroner’s officials said there was no evidence of trauma or foul play. An autopsy is scheduled for Friday.
Thompson was serving a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2015 to robbery in Walker County.