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House OKs reduced sentence bill for inmates who complete apprenticeships

This legislation would apply upon successful completion of a qualifying academic, vocational, risk-reducing or apprenticeship program.

May 4, 2021

CoreCivic’s settlement comes as the company struggles to secure financing to build two of Alabama's planned three new prisons.

April 20, 2021

Despite statements in February that vaccines couldn't be stored outside of prisons and brought in, that's what's now happening.

April 13, 2021

"A war veteran had his bond revoked because of a paperwork error. The callous handling of it sums up Alabama's awful corrections system."

April 5, 2021

The Alabama Department of Corrections still hasn't said when all incarcerated people will be offered vaccines.

March 31, 2021

Rep. Jim Hill's bill makes retroactive a 2015 law that mandates early release and supervision for some.

March 17, 2021

The bill comes after much concern from lawmakers over Gov. Kay Ivey's estimated $3.7 billion prison plan.

March 2, 2021

Travis Jackson, 43, was found unresponsive on his cell at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore on Feb. 9.

February 26, 2021

The bills address community corrections, judicial discretion in sentencing and the cost of housing state inmates in county jails.

February 24, 2021

St. Clair County's drug and veterans courts have a combined 96 percent success rate at preventing recidivism.

February 23, 2021