Alabama inmates

Alabama inmates could see more time behind bars under a bill approved Thursday in the Alabama Senate that restricts the use of good behavior incentives to shorten prison stays. Senators voted 30-1 for the bill. It now moves to the Alabama House of Representatives.

Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation that would restrict good behavior incentives for some prisoners to get early release. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill Wednesday.

The Alabama prison system is raising pay for correctional officers beginning Thursday, March 16, in an effort to address an ongoing staffing shortage.

A local nonprofit is raising concerns as the Alabama Department of Corrections releases several hundred inmates from state prisons. The early release program requires ADOC to notify victims as prisoners are let out.

Alabama’s parole system has reportedly hit a new low. The three-member board granted parole to just over four hundred inmates while denying well over three thousand more.

A new program would allow some inmates to receive up to a year off of their prison sentences by completing vocational or other training. The Alabama…

Alabama inmates will be given access to the COVID-19 vaccine after prison officers and staff have already been vaccinated. The Alabama Department of…