A man was sentenced to life in prison after police say he threatened to 'shank' and kill a prison guard.
ANDALUSIA, Ala. - Sentencing was held Friday for Joe Mitchell Dorsey, 39, of Andalusia, for his conviction of Promoting Prison Contraband I following last month’s trial and a guilty verdict. Circuit Judge Charles “Lex” Short presided sentenced Dorsey to a term of life imprisonment for the conviction, after noting that Dorsey’s nine prior felony convictions “left little choice.” Dorsey was sentenced under Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act.
Corrections officers called for assistance from Sheriff Blake Turman and his deputies, and a host of law enforcement officers responded to the jail that Sunday. A team entered the cell block with Dorsey in order to take control of him and de-escalate the situation with other inmates. The shank was made from a broken piece of chain link fencing, filed down to a point, with a handle made from black heavy-duty plastic. Sheriff Turman and other officers testified at trial that the situation was volatile and someone, either Dorsey, officers, or other inmates, could have been harmed because of Dorsey’s actions.
Merrell noted, “At some point, we have to decide whether a defendant can be or even wants to be, rehabilitated, and Dorsey has proven that either he cannot or does not want to be rehabilitated in the least. Accordingly, prison is the best place for him, just as it has been time and again before now.”
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