'They get new (failure to appear notices), new suspended driver’s licenses. Now, they get pulled over up the road .... now they are right back in jail.”
A Mountain Brook municipal judge told the Alabama Commission on Re-Entry Thursday that those about to be released from prison could face local cases they may not have considered.
Obtaining employment is an important factor in recidivism, with evidence demonstrating that recidivism rates for people decline when they have steady employment, which pending cases in municipal court can hamper. “You know what I do with that request? I grant every one of them,” he said. “I have never turned down one of those requests. That is what we are seeing.”
The municipal courts may not grant the request for every individual about to be released, Hairston said. Some charges stemming from violent incidents may not be considered, but others would. Ward said that only half of the law enforcement agencies, including courts, prosecutors, cities and counties, are reporting data., sponsored by Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur and signed into law in 2022, requires that municipal courts submit their records, including fines and fees, to the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts.
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