Alabama Prison Oversight Pilot Program Launched

0:00This is Corey, here with your quick two-minute update from Birmingham News today. Alabama State Senator Larry Stutz announced on the Senate Floor Wednesday that Senate Bill 316 will advance as a pilot program to improve. Oversight in the state's prisons, the effort targets the Alabama Department of Corrections by adding monitoring for inmate treatment and facility operations. After a recent Judiciary Committee meeting, leaders agreed to launch this pilot instead of the full bill. It partners the Department of Corrections with the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to review policies and procedures closely. Stutz expressed full confidence in both agencies to pinpoint strengths and weaknesses. He highlighted the need for real changes to everyday issues in the prison system. The one-year pilot will collect data from Tut Wilder Women's Prison in three men's facilities. Officials aim to use those findings to fix problems quickly. In one or two years, they plan to expand oversight across all prisons, boosting accountability

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