Holman stabbing leaves inmate dead

One inmate is dead and another has been charged in a fatal stabbing Saturday afternoon at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore.

According to information released by Bob Horton, public information officer for the Alabama Department of Corrections, correctional officers found Jeremy Reshad Bailey, 29, at about 5:15 p.m. inside a facility housing area suffering from a stab wound. Bailey was taken to an area hospital but later died.

Officials have identified Jarvis Terrell Taylor, 31, as a suspect in the stabbing. Taylor, who is serving a 30-year sentence for a 2007 robbery I conviction in Montgomery County now faces a murder charge.

Bailey was serving a 17-year sentence for a 2017 conviction in Jefferson County for unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

Prison officials said an investigation is ongoing to determine the circumstances that led to the stabbing.