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SPRINGVILLE, AL – JUNE 25, 2015:
Inmates stand in line to purchase snacks from the "canteen" at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama.
The Alabama Justice Reinvestment Act (SB67), more commonly referred to as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, has received bi-partison support in the state of Alabama where aging prison infrastructure has not kept up with the demands of a rising inmate population. With prison facilities averaging 184% capacity, the bill attempts to alleviate overcrowding through a combination of sentencing reform and the expansion of supervised probation and local community corrections programs.
As of June 2015, the Alabama Department of Corrections housed 24,511 inmates across 28 correctional facilities, representing a 470% increase in the inmate population since 1978. Although additions have been built at most facilities to accommodate more beds, infrastructure remains largely unchanged, limiting restrooms and kitchens to their original design capacity. In most facilities breakfast starts at 3:30 am, with lunch following at 9:30. “You basically have to keep the kitchen going all day, just get everybody through,” said Dewayne Estes, warden at St. Claire Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama.
CREDIT: Bob Miller for The Daily Signal
Inmates stand in line to purchase snacks from the "canteen" at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama.
The Alabama Justice Reinvestment Act (SB67), more commonly referred to as the Criminal Justice Reform Act, has received bi-partison support in the state of Alabama where aging prison infrastructure has not kept up with the demands of a rising inmate population. With prison facilities averaging 184% capacity, the bill attempts to alleviate overcrowding through a combination of sentencing reform and the expansion of supervised probation and local community corrections programs.
As of June 2015, the Alabama Department of Corrections housed 24,511 inmates across 28 correctional facilities, representing a 470% increase in the inmate population since 1978. Although additions have been built at most facilities to accommodate more beds, infrastructure remains largely unchanged, limiting restrooms and kitchens to their original design capacity. In most facilities breakfast starts at 3:30 am, with lunch following at 9:30. “You basically have to keep the kitchen going all day, just get everybody through,” said Dewayne Estes, warden at St. Claire Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama.
CREDIT: Bob Miller for The Daily Signal
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