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| Montgomery Co. DA protests DOC work release for violent offenders |
| By wsfa.com- Lindsey Rogers |
| Published: 08/29/2014 |
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - The Montgomery County District Attorney is voicing his concerns about dangerous criminals being able to work out in the community but the Department of Corrections is firing back, saying that the work release program saves the state millions of dollars and prepares inmates for life after prison. District Attorney Daryl Bailey says in recent weeks, he has been notified that four violent offenders with robbery convictions out of Montgomery County have been granted work release. "That's a huge public safety issue. It's an affront to the judges that sentenced these individuals to prison and expected them to be in prison and it's also very scary and an affront to the victims of these crimes who might run into these at their jobs on work release,' Bailey said. "I'm calling on the Department of Corrections to immediately stop releasing violent offenders into our community." Read More. |
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