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| Prisoner backlog erased at jails |
| By The Birmingham News |
| Published: 08/30/2006 |
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BIRMINGHAM, AL - Alabama on Tuesday eliminated the backlog of state prisoners being held in county jails, beating by one week a deadline set by a state judge in a long-running lawsuit, Gov. Bob Riley announced. Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale praised the state but called for diligence, saying the prisons remain just one day away from falling out of compliance with the court's order. "They have got to stay on top of it," Hale said. In fact, the state has whittled away at the backlog before. The number of state prisoners held in county jails for more than 30 days has dipped to zero and then swelled to 2,800 since the Association of County Commissions of Alabama filed suit in 1992...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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