In Alabama, 19 of the state’s more than 2,000 deaths from the coronavirus have been among inmates incarcerated in state prisons.

The inmates who have died with a positive diagnosis of COVID-19 have mostly been over 60, with one under 40. Most of the deceased inmates had preexisting conditions, and some already had terminal diagnoses. Several of the prisoners who died were serving life sentences.

“All inmate or staff deaths reported as COVID-19-related by the ADOC occurred following a positive COVID-19 diagnosis. COVID-19 therefore was either a direct or indirect cause of death, or a medical condition associated with death,” said Alabama Department of Corrections communication specialist Samantha Rose. “Our goal is to transparently track and share the disease’s evolving impact on our system, including all deaths conclusively or likely related to COVID-19.”

The following is taken from ADOC’s publicly available information about inmates who have died.

Sylvester Hartley, a 60-year-old inmate who was serving a life without the possibility of parole sentence at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville for three counts of first-degree kidnapping out of Escambia County passed away Aug. 21.

Hartley, who suffered from several advanced, underlying medical conditions, was admitted to a local hospital July 4 after showing symptoms of COVID-19. He tested positive for the disease upon admission. Hartley’s condition improved and he was discharged from the hospital to St. Clair’s infirmary. However, upon his condition worsening, he was readmitted to the hospital July 25 for critical care, where he remained until his passing.

William Edward King, a 65-year-old inmate who was serving consecutive life sentences for rape out of Jefferson County and for kidnapping out of St. Clair County, a 15-year sentence for rape and burglary out of Jefferson County, and a one-year sentence for burglary out of Jefferson County, passed away at Kilby Correction Facility in Montgomery on Aug. 11.

King, who was housed in Kilby’s infirmary due to advanced and end-stage preexisting medical conditions, tested positive for COVID-19 on June 1 after being admitted in a local hospital for additional treatment. King’s condition improved, and he was released from the hospital. However, his condition worsened, and he was readmitted to the hospital for critical care on July 26. On Aug. ­­11, King was discharged from the hospital to hospice care within Kilby’s infirmary, where he passed away later that day.

James Dunner, a 76-year-old inmate who had been serving a life sentence for first-degree sodomy out of Mobile County at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, passed away Aug. 10.

Dunner, who had been kept in St. Clair’s infirmary due to multiple chronic and underlying health conditions, was tested for COVID-19 on July 30, and his test results were returned as positive Aug. 2. He remained under the care of St. Clair’s infirmary staff until his passing.

James Cowan, a 74-year-old inmate who had been serving a 25-year sentence for murder out of Montgomery County at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, died Aug. 1.

Cowan, who had been housed in St. Clair’s infirmary, was transferred to a local hospital for additional care related to multiple severe underlying medical conditions. He was tested for COVID-19 at the hospital July 24, and the results came back positive two days later. He remained under the care of the local hospital until his passing.

Robert Lopez, a 73-year-old inmate who had been serving a life without the possibility of parole sentence for robbery out of Etowah County at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, died July 21.

Lopez, who had been housed in St. Clair’s infirmary due to multiple chronic and underlying health conditions, tested negative for COVID-19 on June 11. He remained under the care of St. Clair’s infirmary staff until his death, at which time a second COVID-19 test was administered and he was found to be positive for the disease.

Wilson Roosevelt Conner, a 47-year-old inmate who had been serving a life without the possibility of parole sentence for murder out of Marengo County at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, passed away July 17.

Conner, who suffered from multiple underlying conditions including end-stage renal disease, was tested for COVID-19 on July 13 and transferred to a local hospital for additional care. The test was positive and he remained under the care of the local hospital until his passing.

Ricky Lynn Patterson, a 61-year-old inmate who had been serving an 87-month sentence for two counts of distribution of a controlled substance out of Talladega County at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County, died July 15.

Patterson, who had been housed in Staton’s infirmary due to multiple advanced and chronic medical conditions, was tested for COVID-19 on June 11 after exposure to another inmate housed in the infirmary who tested positive for the disease. Upon his test result showed a negative result, Patterson remained under level-two quarantine as a precautionary measure until his June 26 transfer to a local hospital for a scheduled procedure. Per hospital protocol, he was retested for COVID-19 June 29, and the result was positive. Patterson was discharged from the hospital on July 8, but he was transferred back on July 9 due to complications from the procedure performed while he was hospitalized. He remained under the care of the hospital until his passing.

Barry Stewart Foy, a 57-year-old inmate who had been serving concurrent 20-year sentences for burglary out of Butler County and criminal possession of a forged instrument out of Baldwin County at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore County, passed away July 10.

Foy, who had been housed in Staton’s infirmary because of multiple advanced and chronic conditions, tested positive for COVID-19 on June 11 after he was directly exposed to another inmate housed in the infirmary who had tested positive. Upon returning a positive test result for COVID-19, Foy remained in the infirmary under medical isolation. On June 20, Foy was transferred to a local hospital for additional care once his condition began to decline. He remained under the care of the hospital until his passing.

Laveris Evans, a 31-year-old inmate who had been serving a 15-year sentence for robbery out of Jefferson County at Easterling Correctional Facility in Clio passed away July 12.

Evans had been tested for COVID-19 at Easterling June 23 after exhibiting symptoms of the disease. Evans did not suffer from any known preexisting health conditions. He was transferred to a local hospital for additional care on June 25 after his condition began to decline and had a second positive COVID-19 test result while at the hospital. Evans remained under the care of the hospital until his passing.

Raymond Earl Allen, a 59-year-old inmate who had been serving a 15-year sentence for rape out of Montgomery County at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, passed away July 6.

On June 29, Allen was transferred to a local hospital after exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, as he was considered high-risk due to end-stage renal disease. Upon admission to the hospital, he tested positive for COVID-19. Allen remained under the care of the hospital until his passing.

Billie Joe Moore, a 73-year-old inmate who had been serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole for murder out of Morgan County at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, passed away June 27.

Moore, was transferred from St. Clair to a local hospital June 23 because of complications from advanced lung cancer. He remained under the care of the hospital until his passing. A positive test result for COVID-19 was returned post-mortem.

Henry Robinson, a 56-year-old inmate who was serving a 20-year sentence for second-degree burglary out of Mobile County at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, passed away June 30.

Inmate Robinson suffered from preexisting chronic health conditions and  on June 25 was transferred from Staton to a local hospital for additional medical care unrelated to COVID-19. Before this transfer, Robinson was not displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Upon admission to the hospital, he tested positive for the disease. Robinson remained under the care of the hospital until his passing.

Daniel Everett, a 74-year-old inmate who had been serving a life sentence for production of obscene matter involving children under the age of 17 out of Madison County at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, passed away June 30.

Everett, who had been housed in Staton’s infirmary because of multiple advanced and chronic medical conditions, was tested for COVID-19 on June 11 after another inmate in the infirmary tested positive for the disease and died. He was notified he had tested positive June 14 and was moved to medical isolation within the facility’s infirmary. He was transferred to a local hospital for additional care June 22, once his condition had begun to deteriorate. Everett remained under the care of the hospital until his passing.

Wanda Gaye Dison, a 68-year-old inmate who had been serving a 55-year-sentence for rape and sodomy out of Montgomery County at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, died June 29.

Dison was transferred June 21 to a local hospital from Tutwiler’s infirmary due to advanced, chronic medical conditions and rapidly declining health. There, she tested positive for COVID-19. She remained under the care of the hospital until she died.

Allen Barton, a terminally ill, 59-year-old inmate who had been serving a 99-year sentence for rape out of Mobile County at Staton Correctional Facility, passed away June 23.

Barton tested positive for COVID-19 at Staton’s infirmary on June 14, after exhibiting symptoms of the disease. Barton, who had been considered high-risk due to his advanced chronic health conditions, was transferred June 18 to a local hospital from Staton’s infirmary. He remained under the care of the local hospital until his death.

Robert Stewart, an 80-year-old inmate who had been serving a life-sentence for murder out of Baldwin County at Staton Correctional Facility, died June 14.

Stewart was transferred June 8 to a local hospital from Staton’s infirmary after exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, as he was considered high-risk due to his advanced chronic health conditions. He tested positive for COVID-19 at the local hospital and remained under care of the local hospital until his death.

Clarence Shepherd, an 80-year-old inmate at St. Clair Correctional Facility had been serving life without the possibility of parole for murder out of Jefferson County and murder and escape out of Autauga County, died in early June.

Shepherd was tested for COVID-19 at St. Clair’s infirmary after exhibiting symptoms of the virus. He was placed on level-two quarantine pending the test results, which were returned positive on May 29.

He was transferred to a local hospital for additional treatment and had multiple, chronic debilitating diseases. He later was discharged and placed in medical isolation in St. Clair’s infirmary, where he remained until his death.

William Hershell Moon, a 74-year-old inmate with a known history of chronic, debilitating disease who had been serving a life-sentence for murder out of Jefferson County at St. Clair Correctional Facility, died June 2.

On May 27, inmate Moon was transferred to a local hospital from St. Clair’s infirmary. Upon exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, Moon tested positive for the virus.

Dave Thomas, a terminally ill, 66-year-old male serving a life sentence for murder out of Randolph County, died April 16 at a local hospital less than 24 hours after testing positive for COVID-19.

On April 4, Thomas was transferred to the hospital from St. Clair Correctional Facility to receive critical care related to his preexisting conditions.