MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Chase Mathis told prison guards he was being threatened by other inmates and feared for his life. But within hours of being moved to an adjacent prison, he was dead.

Mathis died June 4, 2024, after being placed in general population instead of a cell for his own protection, his father said. Tim Mathis said he wants answers. He is concerned his 31-year-old son didn’t die by accidental overdose but by a “hot shot” — a lethal dose of drugs administered against his will.

“Behind those walls people are dying every day, not just from violence and neglect but from the deliberate indifference of the system that treats them like trash,” Mathis said Wednesday during a rally at the Alabama Capitol. His son was serving a 15-year sentence for manslaughter after his friend was kille

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