HB519 Alabama 2010 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tammy Irons

Democrat

Co-Sponsors

Gregory CanfieldPat MooreDickie DrakeJoe HubbardRandy WoodArthur PayneMary Sue McClurkinElaine BeechPatricia ToddHenry A. WhiteJames L. ThomasBarbara Bigsby BoydBetty Carol GrahamDemetrius C. NewtonPebblin W. WarrenOliver RobinsonYvonne KennedyKen GuinRod Scott

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System, Commission on, established, composition, duties, compensation, operation, annual report to Governor and Legislature

Summary

Creation of the Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System to study needs and push gender-responsive reforms.

What This Bill Does

The bill creates a broad Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System with members from lawmakers, state agencies, courts, and advocacy groups. It directs the commission to study conditions affecting girls and women in Alabama’s criminal justice system, conduct facility inspections, gather input from beneficiaries, and develop evidence-based recommendations including a continuum of care and gender-specific risk assessments. It requires an annual report to the Governor and Legislature detailing gaps, needed resources, and potential policy or rule changes, including cost-benefit analyses and options to reduce the women’s prison population and improve well-being.

Who It Affects

• Girls and women in the criminal justice system (inmates, offenders, and adjudicated female youth) — would gain a dedicated body to study their needs, involve them in planning and evaluation, and push for gender-responsive services and re-entry support.
• State government, courts, law enforcement, and related professionals and organizations in Alabama — would participate in forming and guiding the commission, implement its recommendations, and face potential changes in funding, policy, and practice.

Key Provisions

• Establishes the Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System with broad, multidisciplinary membership and a mandate to study needs, inspect facilities, gather input, and develop gender-responsive policies.
• Requires an annual report to the Governor and Legislature detailing the continuum of care, system gaps, and recommended resources and policy changes, including potential cost-benefit analyses and options to reduce incarceration of women.

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Subjects

Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System, Commission on