American Civil Liberties Union : Prisoner Rights : Over-incarceration

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Prisoner Rights : Over-incarceration : Press Releases

ACLU and Alabama Prison Project Release Report Urging Community Corrections as Cost Saving Measure (04/29/2003)
MONTGOMERY, AL-Citing Alabama's budget crisis and dangerously overcrowded prisons, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Alabama Prison Project today released a new budget analysis highlighting a potential savings of $300,000 to $400,000 if the state accepted prisoners living with HIV into existing community-based corrections programs.

ACLU Applauds Alabama Governor for Prison Reform Efforts and Suggests Ways to Further Positive Steps (04/09/2003)
WASHINGTON-The American Civil Liberties Union today commends the actions of Alabama Governor Bob Riley and state legislators who moved to address the crisis in the state's prison system by approving an emergency appropriations bill for the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Prisoner Rights : Over-incarceration : Publications

Analysis: Cost of Excluding AL State Prisoners with HIV/AIDS from Community Corrections Programs (04/29/2003)

Prisoner Rights : Over-incarceration : Legislative Documents

Memo in Opposition of S. 254, the Violent and Repeat Juvenile Offender Accountability and Rehabilitation Act of 1999 (03/10/1999)

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