Talked to wife of man recently denied parole in Alabama about his risk of relapse in prisons that are full of drugs. "How can we expect people to stay clean while locked in cages surrounded by drugs that guards bring in? He'd have a better chance of success at home."
If someone scores a risk assessment of zero, they should be paroled out of prison. Yet Alabama's parole board continually denies parole to these folks based on the nature of their offense- even if it was decades ago, even if they are safe enough to send out to work release jobs.
Anyone who believes Alabama prisons hold people accountable is a fool. Our current prisons are full of drugs, corruption, cruelty and violence yet our top prosecutor insists everyone there should stay because they "need the accountability of prison." Get real, man.
In April 2019 @TheJusticeDept found that Alabama prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded & violent. Since then at least 24 men have been killed, 13 have died by suicide and 26 suffered drug-related deaths. These are just confirmed deaths, there are more we don't know about.