Lawmakers vote to rein in use of good behavior incentives
Alabama law now allows certain inmates sentenced to 15 years or fewer to earn up to 75 days of credit for every 30 days of good behavior.
Alabama law now allows certain inmates sentenced to 15 years or fewer to earn up to 75 days of credit for every 30 days of good behavior.
It would also require facilities to allow visitation for end-of-life situations, childbirth, pediatric patients, and when patients need additional support.
Legislators this Session face decisions on what to do with a rare surplus.
‘Every construction project that we have that is ongoing is experiencing this same phenomenon.’
Alabama hospitals have said they need additional funding from the legislation.
The starting pay for a correctional officer trainee will rise from a minimum of $33,381 to a minimum of $50,712.
‘With transparency, we can ensure that our schools, police departments and road networks are receiving the investments they have earned.’
The proposed spending plan would allocate $400 million for water and sewer infrastructure projects.
‘Politicians have no business playing doctor or forcing a child to give birth by her rapist.’
‘Thomas A. Albritton … allowed or caused his own children to impermissibly receive scholarship awards from the very trust he was charged with administering.’