The early release of hundreds from Alabama prisons will be delayed until the Alabama Department of Corrections notifies the victims associated with the prisoners’ offenses, attorneys for the state agreed in a Montgomery County court hearing Monday.
A total of 412 incarcerated people were set to be released to the custody of the state parole board Tuesday under a 2015 law amended by the Alabama Legislature in 2021.
Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles (ABPP) Director Cam Ward estimated a “hundred to a couple hundred” will be released Tuesday, including all eligible prisoners convicted of nonviolent crimes like drug offenses. Once they are released, they will wear ABPP monitoring devices such as ankle monitors until the end of their sentences.
The 2015 law, which required prisoners be released under the supervision of the parole board up to 12 months before the end of their sentences, initially applied only to those admitted to prison after 2015. In 2021, the Legislature changed the…
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