2005

• Cutting life sentences not equitable process 12.28.05
• Judge wants sentencing option 1.25.05
• To cut prison bill, states tweak laws, try early releases 12.21.05
• Jail tale much too familiar 12.16.05
• Prison priorities 12.13.05
• Tutwiler prison care on mend 12.12.05
• Despite court order, county jails packed with state inmates 12.11.05
• Geriatric parole has little effect 11.21.05
• Focus on prison reforms 11.18.05
• Riley sets his focus on prison reforms 11.12.05
• Old prisoners not getting early parole 11.6.05
• Addicted to prison 11.5.05
• Groups say prison not addicts' place 11.1.05
• Pot law draws judges' scrutiny 10.31.05
• Study backs growing move for sentencing reform for drug offenders 10.31.05
• Alabama beats all others in inmate drop 10.25.05
• Task force on right path 10.18.05
• State prisoners overstay welcome 9.22.05
• Prisoners' donations small but significant 9.20.05
• Alabama prisoners raise money behind bars for Katrina victims 9.18.05
• Ex-inmates help prepare site for storm refugees 9.16.05
• Packed prisons: County facilities struggle with overcrowding, housing state inmates 9.6.05
• Counties absorb costs of inmates 9.6.05
• Riley may call special session for prison fixes 8.31.05
• Housing perk offered to lure guards to Donaldson 8.17.05
• Jump on sentencing reform 8.8.05
• Pryor says state needs sentencing reform 8.4.05
• Study: More than 70 percent of DYS kids return within 2 years 8.4.05
• Protect children by the numbers 8.2.05
• Mom of abuser, victim praises sex offender bill 8.1.05
• A company's troubled answer for prisoners with H.I.V. 8.1.05
• Safer children, but how safe? 8.1.05
• News has it wrong: Sex offender law is tough 7.31.05
• Prison officer gives inmates hope, faith 7.31.05
• State soon to join sex offender database 7.29.05
• Ankle devices tied to parole 7.29.05
• State survey: Support of death penalty 7.29.05
• $20M may go to tide over DOC 7.18.05
• State prisons and lawsuits 7.5.05
• Drug Court offers hope 6.29.05
• Prison crowding, violence may spark lawsuits 6.29.05
• Prison numbers keep going up 6.29.05
• Prison panel weighs crisis 6.29.05
• Prison crowding full of cons 6.28.05
• State: Few prisoners eligible for parole 5.25.05
• Drug, alcohol convicts can vote from prison 5.19.05
• Prison solutions have price tags  5.15.05
• One last day to help prisons 5.13.05
• Prison task force opens inquiry; seeks solutions to overcrowding 5.11.05
• State must uncover truth in inmate deaths 4.26.05
• Better penalty ideas 4.13.05
• Out-of-state inmates raise parole issues 4.6.05
• House passes Sentencing Commission bills 4.5.05
• Study: Drug, alcohol sentencing crowds prisons, splits races 4.3.05
• Easing strain on prisons 3.22.05
• Special parole board debated 3.20.05
• Nonviolent convicts fill state prisons 3.16.05
• Center offers hope to parolees  2.28.05
• Alternate corrections programs have base of support 2.27.05
• Program provides swift justice 2.26.05
• Solutions for prison problems may could rest in communities 2.7.05
• Houston county sending fewer inmates to prison, saving money 2.3.05
• Corrections seeks bigger budget 1.21.05
• Reality check on prisons 1.19.05
• Judges' new leeway in passing sentence may change little 1.18.05

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