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| Female inmates complain about pardon procedures |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/11/2005 |
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Alabama female inmates in a Louisiana prison say they aren't getting a fair shot at parole. About 269 Alabama women are serving time in the rural South Louisiana Correctional Center. They were sent there to ease the overcrowding at the Tutwiler women's prison in Wetumpka. Alabama has dealt with overcrowding by paying private companies to house prisoners in other states. Officials say they don't know when they'll be able to stop shipping out inmates. The women at the Louisiana prison outlined changes they want in a two-page document. They asked for objective parole criteria, work-release opportunities and an end to the parole board's backlog. The inmates also want an end to the "heinous crime" designation that prevents some of them from working outside the prison. They say the isolated prison has no classes, programs or rehabilitation group. Prisoners say they need those opportunities to show the parole board they have worked to better themselves. |
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