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"A war veteran had his bond revoked because of a paperwork error. The callous handling of it sums up Alabama's awful corrections system."
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All the latest stories we've written tagged "prisons."
"A war veteran had his bond revoked because of a paperwork error. The callous handling of it sums up Alabama's awful corrections system."
The Alabama Department of Corrections still hasn't said when all incarcerated people will be offered vaccines.
Rep. Jim Hill's bill makes retroactive a 2015 law that mandates early release and supervision for some.
The bill comes after much concern from lawmakers over Gov. Kay Ivey's estimated $3.7 billion prison plan.
Travis Jackson, 43, was found unresponsive on his cell at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on Feb. 9.
The bills address community corrections, judicial discretion in sentencing and the cost of housing state inmates in county jails.
St. Clair County's drug and veterans courts have a combined 96 percent success rate at preventing recidivism.
165 former judges and prosecutors, professors and public defenders signed on in support of Rep. Chris England's bill to repeal HFOA.
The Residential Substance Abuse Treatment program is a volunteer six-month course.
Alabama has the 16th-highest disparity in the country, according to a recent report.
