Holman raid turns up drugs, weapons and electronics

Hundreds of officers swarm Atmore prison seeking contraband

Hundreds of law enforcement officers saturated the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore last Thursday and recovered a large quantity of contraband that included drugs, weapons and various types of electronic devices including cell phones.

Officers with the Alabama Department of Corrections, Pardons and Paroles, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, the Alabama Department of Transportation, the Atmore, Bay Minette and Brewton police departments and sheriff's officers from Baldwin, Butler, Escambia and Monroe counties conducted the search.

ADOC officials said the search of the...