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Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest

Loaded on May 1, 2023 by Edward Lyon published in Prison Legal News May, 2023, page 14
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DUI. Location: Alabama.

by Ed Lyon

A state prison warden was arrested on August 30, 2022, on suspicion of driving under the influence in Cullman, Alabama. Jeffrey Baldwin was then placed on mandatory leave from his post at Elmore Correctional Facility (CF) by the state Department of Corrections (DOC). Thwarting any effort to ...

 

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