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House Bill 1 and HB2 were recommended by Gov. Kay Ivey's Study Group on Criminal Justice Policy, which was formed in 2019.
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Alabama Political Reporter
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Activists demand fair representation ahead of redistricting special session
Governor to call special session on redistricting this month
Committee tasked with removing racist language from Alabama Constitution
Redistricting public forum to be held by advocacy groups before special session
2021 Special Legislative Session report
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- Education
Scholarships for high school, college students toward auto manufacturing careers
ASU announces major grant to support low-income students
Despite controversy, Alabama A&M has a new president
ASU ranked in top 25 HBCU’s by U.S. News & World Report
Fall enrollment figures for Alabama’s public colleges and universities
- Health
UAB doctors’ study: pregnant women more susceptible to delta variant infection
Majority of confirmed COVID reinfections in Alabama among unvaccinated
Alabama COVID-19 vaccination rate drops after summer surge
Investments in access to healthcare stands at a critical moment
Ivey extends COVID-19 state of emergency to end of October
All posts tagged "sentencing reform"
Legislature
Speaker Mac McCutcheon said the House had a good week after passing a number of priority bills.
Legislature
The bills address community corrections, judicial discretion in sentencing and the cost of housing state inmates in county jails.
Legislature
Day seven of the 2021 Legislative Session begins on Tuesday.
Prisons
In Alabama, 26 percent of inmates are serving life with or without parole or sentences of at least 50 years.
Legislature
The cases would go back to the trial judge, not the Pardons and Paroles Board.
News
The Alabama Department of Corrections on Friday responded to a scathing report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice detailing correctional officers’ violence...
Courts
West Alabama District Attorney Andy Hamlin defended the court decision to revoke Sean Worsley’s probation, sending the Black disabled veteran to state prison for...
National
The Alabama Cannabis Industry Association on Monday released a statement critical of the decision by an Alabama court to imprison an Arizona man for...
National
A 2016 arrest for marijuana that has turned into a 60-month sentence in an Alabama penitentiary for a disabled veteran from Arizona is drawing...
