New Alabama paroles director: Bureau part of fix for 'broken' criminal justice system
New Alabama paroles director: Bureau part of fix for ‘broken’ criminal justice system Updated Dec 28, 2020; Posted Dec 24, 2020 Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles Director Cam Ward resigned his seat in the state Senate to accept Gov. Kay Ivey's appointment. Facebook Share As a state senator five years ago, Cam Ward sponsored a criminal justice reform bill hailed as an important step to relieve overcrowding in Alabama prisons. Today, the U.S. Department of Justice contends that Alabama has failed to improve its prisons, which hold about 150% of the population they were designed to hou...
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