By C1 Staff
MONTGOMERY — Governor Robert Bentley has signed into law a piece of prison reform legislation that takes aim at the state’s overcrowded prison system.
FOX News reports that Senate Bill 67 is designed to overhaul both the overcrowding issue and how those inmates are supervised after release.
The legislation may also help the state avoid over $380 million in prison expansion costs that were projected over the next six years.
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Commissioner Jeff Dunn, the head of the Alabama Department of Corrections, spoke highly of the bill’s passage.
“It’s a comprehensive approach to comprehensive reform,” Dunn said. “Through active and collective collaboration between all branches of government, I am confident this legislation will lead to safer prisons, safer communities and a safer Alabama.”