ALABAMA PRISON SYSTEM - AN ANALYSIS AND ESTIMATE OF THE COST AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS RESULTING FROM THE ORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

• NCJ Number: 41602
• Author(s): L RANS; P KEVE; F FARROW; R CHRISTIE; P SMITH
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 113 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
• Sale Source: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ITEM-BY-ITEM ESTIMATES OF HOW MUCH ALABAMA MUST SPEND TO MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL STANDARDS ESTABLISHED FOR ITS PRISONS IN THE 1976 CIVIL CASES OF PUGH V. LOCKE AND JAMES V. WALLACE.

Abstract

ANALYSES OF THE COSTS OF FACILITY RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION, EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND ALTERNATIVES TO PRISONS ARE PRESENTED IN RELATION TO ADDITIONAL ANNUAL COSTS, CAPITAL COSTS, AND PROGRAM COSTS. THIS REPORT ALSO EXAMINES THE SAVINGS THAT MIGHT BE DERIVED FROM MAXIMUM USE OF COMMUNITY-BASED FACILITIES AND DISCUSSES WHAT A SIMILAR COST ANALYSIS FOR OTHER STATES FACING COURT ORDERS SHOULD INCLUDE. ALL ITEMS AND POSSIBILITIES CONSIDERED, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE COST INCURRED BY THE COURT ORDER WOULD REACH APPROXIMATELY $28,500,000, EXCLUDING THE COST OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OPTIONS FOR POPULATIONS PROJECTED TO 1980 AND 1985. WITH THESE PROJECTED COSTS, THE TOTAL COULD COME TO $44,000,000 FOR 1980 AND $46,500,000 FOR 1985, WITH FUTURE COSTS POSSIBLY REACHING $50,600,000 DEPENDING ON THE DECISIONS MADE BY THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS....ELW