As Alabama's legislative session gets closer, the momentum for prison reform is at an all-time high. The current prison overcrowding crisis provides a great opportunity for the Legislature to address a problem that has increa ...
Nexus of Cultural Trends and Alabama’s Prison Problems
In 2012, one of every 148 persons in the State of Alabama was behind bars, compared to one of every 200 persons nationwide. Miscalculations in policy and in funding over the last three decades lead us to where we are today, at nearly double our ...
Alabama’s Criminal Justice System Offers Opportunities for Conservatives
by Katherine Robertson, Jay Neal and Jerry Madden As leaders in the national conservative criminal justice movement, we have witnessed several states successfully implement more effective and efficient sentencing and corrections systems. By adopting ...