BESSEMER, AL William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility View

William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility opened in October 1982 as the West Jefferson Correctional Facility. Subsequently, Donaldson expanded to include a 300-inmate segregation unit which is the largest unit in the State of Alabama. 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. Donaldson offers vocational, educational, and rehabilitative programs services to eligible inmates. In addition, Donaldson has a death row unit with a capacity for 24 inmates that need to be incarcerated in the Birmingham judicial area. Donaldson is classified as a close custody facility. Inmate Gender: Male, Inmate Population: 1381.

William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility Contact Details

Mailing to William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility Inmates and Staff

Inmate Visiting Days and Hours

Day of Week Hours
Saturday 8am-12:40pm

How to Send Money to William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility

Family and friends can send money to inmates at William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility through approved methods to help them purchase essential items from the commissary.