Latest Research:

 

One Size Does Not Fit All: Research and Recommendations on Gender-Responsiveness in Alabama's Criminal Justice System by the Commission Report on Girls and Woment in the Criminal Justice System, March 2008 (.pdf format requires Adobe Reader.)

 

With support from Commission members, PARCA provided data and research assistance for the Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System, which was also assisted by consultants provided by the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Institute of Corrections.

 

 

PARCA Reports & Data on Correction

Comparative Data

Trends in Inmates and Correctional Officers  

Prison Spending vs. General Fund Growth

Incarceration Rates for All 50 States

Correction Expenditures Per Inmate for All 50 States

Deciding the Future Direction of Criminal Punishment in Alabama (PARCA Report No. 11, Fall 1990)

 

 

 

Links to Southeastern States' Corrections Departments

 

 

 

Links to Other Corrections Related Sites

State & Local Sources

Code of Alabama Sections related to Corrections

Code of Alabama Sections related to the Alabama Sentencing Commission

 

Report of the Alabama Sentencing Commission

 

Article Summarizing the Report of the Sentencing Commission

Alabama Adult Corrections Master Plan

Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center The ACJIC communications network consists of a computer-operated telecommunications system connecting approximately seven hundred terminals and seventeen regional computer centers throughout Alabama. The seventeen regional centers are located in high volume locations of the state and are connected to the statewide automated system operated by ACJIC to take advantage of State and national-level services. The ACJIC serves as the focal point for coordination and standardization of Information Systems and Telecommunication technology and how it affects Alabama's Criminal Justice Communities.

The Court Services Network of Alabama This site is dedicated to the Court System in Alabama, primarily the Court Referral Officer Program and the Community Corrections Programs in Alabama.

Association of County Commissions of Alabama This is a link to an Article concerning the removal of state inmates from County Jails.

National Sources

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics The Sourcebook brings together data from more than 100 sources about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States. These data are displayed in over 600 tables. Currently this site presents Sourcebook 2001, the 29th edition. 

Bureau of Justice Statistics

Federal Bureau of Prisons

National Criminal Justice Reference Service

National Institute of Corrections

National Institute of Justice

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

 

Associations

American Correctional Association (ACA) For more than 125 years, the American Correctional Association has championed the cause of corrections and correctional effectiveness. Founded in 1870 as the National Prison Association, ACA is the oldest association developed specifically for practitioners in the correctional profession.

American Correctional Food Service Association (ACFSA) The American Correctional Food Service Association (ACFSA) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to the professional growth of our nation's correctional foodservice employees. ACFSA was formed in 1969 to enhance, represent and promote the correctional segment of the foodservice industry.

American Correctional Health Services Association (ACHSA) The ACHSA mission is to be the voice of the correctional healthcare profession, and serve as an effective forum for communication addressing current issues and needs confronting correctional healthcare.

American Jail Association (AJA) The AJA is a national, nonprofit organization that exists to support those who work in and operate our nation's jails and is the only national association that focuses exclusively on issues specific to the operations of local correctional facilities.

American Probation and Parole Association American Probation and Parole Association is an international association composed of individuals from the United States, its US territories and Canada; actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both adult and juvenile sectors including all levels of government, local, state/provincial and federal agencies.



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