MONTGOMERY – The amount of assaults, contraband and deaths within Alabama’s prisons continued to decline during the second quarter of fiscal year 2024 according to a new report from the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Instances of sexual violence and harassment, however, increased.

Derived from data between Jan. 1 and March 31 of this year, the new report shows that 420 assaults were documented within Alabama prisons, down from 446 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31, the first quarter of fiscal year 2024. During Q2 of 2023, there were 481 documented assaults.