Using federal definitions, as many as 1,200 inmates in Alabama prisons would be considered nonviolent.
That statistic is frequently cited by supporters of tough-on-crime measures, as a sign of the dangerous nature of the prison inmates.
Bennett Wright, the director of the Alabama Sentencing Commission, said the number comes from definitions in Alabama law, created by the Legislature. There were two Mollman considered property crimes, another two as drug offenses, and four she categorized as “other offenses.” Mollman said that it is harder to determine whether these are violent. She cited one case when one of her clients was convicted of third-degree burglary, considered a violent offense by Alabama.
The 2022 Sentencing Commission report issued by the Sentencing Commission lists a few of these. Drug trafficking drugs ranked 12 of the top 25 offenses of people serving time in state prison, with 418 people recorded. About 411 people served time for third-degree burglary in the third degree. Those offenses, although no overt violent act occurred, contribute to the percentage that many reform advocates criticize.
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