Kenneth Cedrick Gilchrist was 31 and from Mobile, Alabama when he was stabbed to death on October 11, 2021, while incarcerated at the Donaldson Correctional Facility. His death was reported as the tenth homicide in Alabama’s prison system that year and occurred amid broader concerns about pervasive violence and abuse inside the state’s correctional institutions.

The homicide reportedly resulted from an altercation with another incarcerated man. The account notes the Justice Department had flagged the system for failing to protect inmates, and Gilchrist’s death was cited as part of a troubling pattern of rising mortality in Alabama prisons. The identity of the person allegedly responsible and details of any legal proceedings have not been widely publicized.

Does anyone have information about Kenneth Gilchrist, his time at Donaldson, or the circumstances of the October 11 incident?