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This legislation would apply upon successful completion of a qualifying academic, vocational, risk-reducing or apprenticeship program.
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This legislation would apply upon successful completion of a qualifying academic, vocational, risk-reducing or apprenticeship program.
Rep. Jim Hill's bill makes retroactive a 2015 law that mandates early release and supervision for some.
The bills address community corrections, judicial discretion in sentencing and the cost of housing state inmates in county jails.
The cases would go back to the trial judge, not the Pardons and Paroles Board.
The bills would continue a trend of more progressive reforms that are slowly rolling back mandatory minimum sentencing laws.
The Habitual Felony Offender Act was aimed at stopping crime by giving a life sentence to anyone with three serious felonies.
This is the largest group of probation and parole officers sworn in by the bureau in years.
Alabamians Who Care will be leading a protest caravan to the Governor’s Mansion to protest Gov. Kay Ivey’s controversial plan for the Alabama Department...
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn told members of the Senate budget committees Thursday that the department is moving forward with the process...
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Jeff Dunn on Thursday praised the department’s employees for “literally putting their lives on the line” coming into work...
