Steven Eric Mullins was 45 when he was fatally stabbed while incarcerated at the St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama. On February 26, 2019, Mullins was found unresponsive in a housing area with multiple stab wounds, was airlifted to a nearby hospital, and died of his injuries on February 28, 2019.

In the weeks and days before the assault Mullins reportedly told prison officials he feared for his safety, saying he had been threatened with stabbing and sexual assault and asking for protective custody. He remained housed in a dormitory described as having a high incidence of violence. The Alabama Department of Corrections’ Investigations and Intelligence Division identified fellow inmate Christopher Scott Jones, 50 at the time, as a suspect and announced an intention to file capital murder charges. Mullins was serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Billy Jack Gaither when he was killed.

What information can anyone share about conditions at St. Clair or about Mullins’ warnings in the days before the attack?