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| New initiatives aim to stop repeat offenders |
| By fox10tv.com - Paige Malone |
| Published: 10/28/2011 |
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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Local and state officials are coming together to tackle a big problem: Repeat offenders. Alabama Representative Jamie Ison has brought the concern to the state level. Councilmember Gina Gregory organized a group of judges, law enforcement, community members and members of the legislature for a meeting earlier this year to tackle what she calls the real source of crime in Mobile. Now it's time to implement what was discussed. The key, they say, is communication. Thursday, there were more than 1,600 inmates in Mobile County Metro Jail, and for many it was not their first visit. "If we work together to keep those people who need to be in jail in jail, then that takes them off the streets. Then they are not committing crimes over and over again,” said Gregory. Gregory said the problem is not just in Mobile County, and neither is the solution. "This is primarily a state issue,” said Gregory. District Attorney Ashley Rich said the lack of communication between different agencies has fed into the problem. For example, often offenders in Mobile County have a record in other parts of the state, but there was no way to connect the dots. Read More. |
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