Grieving families are reportedly left horrified after loved-ones who died while incarcerated in the state of Alabama reportedly returned home without their internal organs, per autopsy reports.

Birmingham civil rights attorney Lauren Faraino is investigating, calling the alleged heinous events a "systematic abuse situation." One lawsuit has been filed and she estimates more may be on the way.

The attorney is representing several families including Kelvin Moore who died at Limestone Correctional facility due to fentanyl overdose. Moore, 43, was reportedly returned home without most of his internal organs.

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Before Moore was sent home, his body was reportedly sent to the University of Alabama at Birmingham, which conducts autopsies for the Alabama Department of Corrections. Faraino, 30, was contacted by a UAB student who was disbursed by the uptick in specimens coming from incarcerated deaths.

The favored institution has been conducting autopsies for the state's prison system since 2006.

"UAB has been taking the organs of incarcerated people without family consent for years now, and we have a handful of families that have come forward who discovered that their loved ones were returned without their organs," the attorney said in a statement to Andscape.

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"But so many of these cases went completely unnoticed because families don't typically think they need to do a second autopsy," the statement continued. "Many of them can't afford it, even if they wanted to."

Brandon Clay Dotson, whose cause of death was ruled unknown, reportedly died in Ventress Correctional Facility. He was reportedly returned home without a heart, leaving an empty chest cavity. A bruise on the back of the 43-year-old included reported excessive swelling across his head.

Charles Edward Singleton — who died in the state's Hamilton Aged and Infirmed custody facility, reportedly returned home partially decomposed. Court filings reportedly confirmed he was left with no organs at all — including his brain. He was 74.

A bill signed by Alabama Governor, Kay Ivey prohibits forensic personnel from retaining organs after autopsies without permission from next of kin.

"It was very, very clear — a medical examiner may not take an organ without family consent," Faraino said. The attorney went on to explain that Black families are more susceptible to being victimized in this manner.

56% of Alabama's 21,000 inmate population is Black, despite Black people accounting for around 27% of the state's population. In addition to this disparity, many of the men's prison facilities are more than 100% over capacity.

America has reported a shortage of organs needed for transplants, science, and medical education. According to The New York Times, about 6,000 patients a year — or 17 per day — die on waiting lists.