SB221 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections may appoint deputy commissioners

This bill would require that one deputy commissioner with the Department of Corrections be assigned as the Deputy Commissioner for Prisoner Rehabilitation and would provide job responsibilities

Under existing law, the Director of Pardons and Paroles has the discretion to appoint employees

This bill would require that one executive-level employee at the Department of Pardons and Paroles be assigned as the Deputy Director for Parolee Rehabilitation and would provide job responsibilities

This bill would establish the Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals

Relating to prisoners and parolees; to amend Section 14-1-1.5, Code of Alabama 1975, to require one executive-level employee at the Department of Corrections be the Deputy Commissioner for Prisoner Rehabilitation; relating to pardons and paroles; to require one executive-level employee at the agency responsible for pardons and paroles be assigned as the Deputy Director for Parolee Rehabilitation; to create the Study Commission on Interagency Cooperation and Collaboration on the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Formerly Incarcerated Individuals; to specify the membership of the commission; and to specify the duties of the commission.