| Alabama Department of Corrections | |
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| Abbreviation | ADOC |
| Motto | Professionalism, Integrity, Accountability |
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| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Alabama, US |
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| Map of Alabama Department of Corrections's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 52,419 square miles (135,760 km2) |
| Population | 4,887,871 (2,018) |
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| Headquarters | Montgomery, Alabama |
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| Parent agency | State of Alabama |
| Facilities | |
| Major facilities Work releases | 15 18 |
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The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) is the agency responsible for incarceration of convicted felons in the state of Alabama in the United States. It is headquartered in the Alabama Criminal Justice Center in Montgomery.[1][2]
Alabama has relatively long mandatory sentencing laws compared to most other states, resulting in a rising prison population stemming from longer prison sentences. It operates the nation's most crowded prison system. In 2015 it housed more than 24,000 inmates in a system designed for 13,318.[3] In 2015 it settled a class-action suit over physical and sexual violence against inmates at the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka.[4] The department also spends the least of any state on a per-prisoner basis.[5]
As of 2018, Alabama has the 6th highest incarceration rate under state prison or local jail jurisdiction per 100,000 population in the U.S.
- ^ "Correctional Facility Directory Archived 2010-03-18 at the Wayback Machine." Alabama Department of Corrections. Retrieved on December 8, 2009. "Administrative Office 301 S. Ripley/P O Box 301501 Montgomery"
- ^ "ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION OPR: COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS NUMBER 490." Alabama Department of Corrections. Retrieved on October 8, 2010. "Alabama Criminal Justice Center 301 S. Ripley Street P. O. Box 301501 Montgomery, AL 36130-1501."
- ^ Alan, Blinder (March 15, 2016). "Alabama Prison Uprisings Come as State Grapples With How to Fix System". New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
- ^ Bryan Lyman, "U.S. Justice Department to probe Alabama men's prisons", Montgomery Advertiser, October 6, 2016; accessed March 11, 2017
- ^ Robertson, Campbell (March 29, 2017). "An Alabama Prison's Unrelenting Descent Into Violence". New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2017.