From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has announced the death of two inmates at William Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer on Wednesday, May 25.
Calenes Jones, 42, died of natural causes.
Jones “was an inmate at William Donaldson Correctional Facility serving a sentence for robbery and assault from a 2008 conviction out of Jefferson County,” Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Yates stated. “The decedent was found unresponsive in the infirmary where he was being treated for significant natural disease. An examination will be performed on 5-26-2022 to determine cause and manner of death. The circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by the Alabama Department of Corrections – Law Enforcement Services Division.”
Jones was pronounced dead at 6:43 a.m.
Another inmate was found dead in his cell.
Allen Dewitt Bibbs, 48, “was an inmate at William Donaldson Correctional Facility serving a life sentence for kidnapping from a 2009 conviction out of Houston County,” Yates said. “The decedent was found unresponsive inside a two-man cell. An examination will be performed on 5-26-2022 to determine cause and manner of death. The circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated by the Alabama Department of Corrections – Law Enforcement Services Division.”
Bibbs was pronounced dead at 3:50 a.m.