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| Violence trends up in Alabama prison system |
| By wsfa.com - Michael Doudna |
| Published: 06/07/2017 |
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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Violence in Alabama’s prison system looks to be on the rise, even as the overall prison population declines. “It’s coming about the way we thought it would, the violence is increasing, our retention continues to go down,” Jeff Dunn, Department of Corrections Commissioner said. Last fiscal year, there were more than 1,700 assaults in the state prison system. This fiscal year, in the 7 months of available data, there have been more than 1,000. Most of these assaults do not have a serious injury as a result. The rise in violence comes as lawmakers were unable to pass a prison plan during the last two legislative sessions. “We’ve got to find a way to change the dynamic,“ Dunn said. Dunn and the DOC proposed a state prison plan, which would build four new large prisons. The bond issue for these facilities varied, but the total cost to the state was almost always estimated to be more than a billion dollars over 30 years. Dunn said the correction system can pay for the plan without additional funding because the system would close 14 older, outdated prisons. Read More. |
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