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More Alabama inmates to be released to mandatory supervision


FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line during a prison tour at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala.{ } (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
FILE - In this June 18, 2015, file photo, prisoners stand in a crowded lunch line during a prison tour at Elmore Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
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More Alabama inmates are scheduled to be released to mandatory supervision Friday as part of a recently amended law that passed in 2021 to alleviate overcrowding in Alabama prisons.

The law went into effect January 31.

The Alabama Department of Corrections said approximately 170-200 will be released, but no inmate has been or will be released without victim notification. As victim notifications are made, those inmates are added to the list to be released.

The department said this action is required by retroactivity provisions contained in Act 2021-549 that made previously excluded inmates eligible for release to mandatory supervision.

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Some inmates that qualify to be released from ADOC have detainers/pending charges from other law enforcement agencies and they will be transferred to those agencies.

As of Thursday, the ADOC has released 134 inmates from its custody.

Individuals convicted of a sex offense involving a child (under the age of 12) are excluded as are offenders serving life sentences. Release of eligible inmates is based upon the length of sentence.



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