| Opened: |
1982 |
| Warden: |
Kenneth L. Jones |
| Phone: |
(205) 436-3681 |
| Mailing Address: |
100 Warrior Lane
Bessemer, AL 35023-7299 |
| Street Address: |
100 Warrior Lane
Bessemer, AL 35023-7299 |
| Capacity: |
1492 |
William E. Donaldson Correctional
Facility, officially opened in October 1982 as the West Jefferson
Correctional Facility with a capacity of 700 minimum and medium custody
inmates housed in dormitories, and 16 single cells. Subsequently,
Donaldson was expanded to the current capacity, and has a 300-inmate
segregation unit, which is the largest unit in the State of Alabama.
Classified as a maximum-security institution, Donaldson specializes in
controlling repeat and/or multiple violent offenders with lengthy
sentences that are behaviorally difficult to manage, and several
hundred inmates sentenced to life without parole. In addition,
Donaldson has a death row with a capacity for 24 inmates that need to
be incarcerated in the Birmingham judicial area.