Federal court records show that Joshua Conner Jones entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors regarding the treatment of two inmates at the Walker County jail. Jones agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to deprive an inmate of their rights related to the 2023 death of Tony Mitchell. The plea agreement indicated there were five co-conspirators in the mistreatment that led to Mitchell’s death, an indication that the investigation is ongoing and more people could be charged in the death. Court documents did not name the inmate who died, but Bower confirmed the charge was related to Mitchell’s 2023 death. Prosecutors wrote in the plea agreement that Jones admitted that “collectively we did it.

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Persons: Joshua Conner Jones, Jones, Tony Mitchell, W Scott Brower, Bower, Mitchell, Mitchell “, Prosecutors, “, ” Jon C, Goldfarb, ” Mitchell, Jan, ” Organizations: U.S, Prosecutors Locations: MONTGOMERY, Ala, —, Alabama, Walker