Year in Review (No. 9) Legislation allows early release of select inmates

Dec. 19—Thanks to statewide reform in sentencing for most Alabama inmates this year, Cullman County found itself sharing the burden as Alabama implemented a prison reform step that returned inmates still serving prison time back to their communities. In late January, 400 inmates monitored by the Alabama Department of Pardons and Paroles became early-release beneficiaries after the state …