JASPER, AL — On a brisk December morning in Walker County, Alabama, the temperature in Sheriff Nick Smith's office is a welcome shelter from the cold. After ushering a reporter inside, Smith tilts his ...
On the Monday, March 9, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Tony Mitchell died after being held in a concrete cell known as "The Freezer." Alabama's Walker County Jail Sheriff Nick Smith denies ...
Nick Smith, the Alabama sheriff who runs the jail where a mentally ill man froze to death in January 2023, has lost his bid for re-election. Smith was the subject of a March USA TODAY investigation ...
Nick Smith, the Alabama sheriff who runs the jail where a mentally ill man froze to death in January 2023, has lost his bid for reelection. Smith was the subject of a March USA TODAY investigation ...