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Three law enforcement agencies told Alabama legislators Monday they were seeking a total of over $1 billion in funding.

Using federal definitions, Town wrote that as many as 1,200 inmates in Alabama prisons would be considered nonviolent.

Using federal definitions, Town wrote that as many as 1,200 inmates in Alabama prisons would be considered nonviolent.

Using federal definitions, Town wrote that as many as 1,200 inmates in Alabama prisons would be considered nonviolent.

Using federal definitions, as many as 1,200 inmates in Alabama prisons would be considered nonviolent..

The fight over the operation and purpose of Alabamas prisons often centers around the question: How many people incarcerated in the states prisons committed violent crimes?

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday defended her state’s plan to use pandemic relief funds to build new prisons —saying the $400 million expenditure is both allowed and needed — while a legislative committee swiftly advanced the construction plan. Ivey issued a response to U.S. House Judiciary Committee

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a Justice Department lawsuit over Alabamas notoriously violent prisons, state lawmakers on Monday began a special session on a $1.3 billion construction plan that would

Bill would give some Alabama inmates under habitual offender law chance for new sentence AL.com 1 hr ago © Trisha Crain The Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala. Russell Housman, serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole in the Alabama prison system, asks for people to be open-minded about what he and others say are inequities in the state’s Habitual Felony Offender Act (HFOA). Housman’s step-father, Danny Dodson, is trying to convince legislators to fix what Dodson also...

DEPC and NASC present "Justice Counts: Using Data to Inform Policy and Bolster Public Safety" I am pleased to report that next week, the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center (DEPC) is kicking off its 2021 Sentencing Workshop Series in collaboration with National Association of Sentencing Commissions (NASC) with a terrific event titled "Justice Counts: Using Data to Inform Policy and Bolster Public Safety."  This is how this event is described on this page (where you can register): Please join th...