SB345 Alabama 2020 Session

This bill would require the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to review the inmate population and determine inmates that are at high risk for severe complications from COVID-19 and release certain inmates from physical custody to community supervision or home detention

This bill would also provide guidance to the commissioner on which inmates may be released

Under existing law, the Department of Corrections is required to provide information to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee

This bill would also require the commissioner to provide information to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee regarding which inmates are considered for release and which inmates are released

Relating to the Department of Corrections; to require the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to review the inmate population and determine if an inmate is at high risk for severe complications from COVID-19; to require the commissioner to release certain inmates to community supervision or home detention in certain circumstances; and to require the commissioner to report monthly to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee the number of inmates identified and released as being at high risk for complications from COVID-19.