Some prisons in Alabama are housing over 200 percent of their capacity of inmates. This has caused the state legislature to take measures to address the problem, but local law enforcement authorities feel the plan is unfair to victims.
The reform plans include:
Creation of a new category
Read moreLegislation concerning the use of the electric chair during the execution of death row inmates, in the event that lethal injection cannot be used, has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee in Alabama. The state has used lethal injection to carry out executions since 2002, however, a
Read moreAlabama Senator, Cam Ward, has presented a bill to the senate which proposes changes to the prison system that may reduce prison capacities by approximately 33% over the next five years. The public hearing, held on March 4th, saw a myriad of responses from law enforcement and county
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