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| Non-profit formed to oversee Community Corrections Program |
| By tuscaloosanews.com - Lydia Seabol Avant |
| Published: 05/02/2012 |
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TUSCALOOSA, AL -- A newly-formed non-profit organization will soon oversee the Tuscaloosa County Community Corrections program. The organization, which will be led by an 11-person board representing the city, county, University of Alabama and other entities, will help give the community a stake in Community Corrections, said Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Brad Almond. The goal is to improve and possibly restructure the program, with the goal of combining rehabilitation with punishment without further straining the system. The program could be expanded to include a mental health court, a veterans court and a re-entry program for people released from prison, Almond said. “What we hope is that Community Corrections will be the hub at the center of the wheel,” Almond said. For the past several years, the corrections program has been a small agency run by the county that monitors people who have been convicted of some crimes. It administers alcohol sobriety tests, drug tests and electronic location monitoring. The agency has been run by an interim director since former director Dan Boisot was charged with sodomy, attempted sodomy, extortion and use of office for personal gain. It has also run a deficit of $879,000 during the past five years. Read More. |
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