Many Alabama businesses have struggled throughout the pandemic with filling job openings, but could using trusted local jail inmates be the solution? alnews alabamanewsnetwork
In North Alabama, Kim Thurston, director of Morgan County Community Corrections and Court Services in Decatur, said fast food and other restaurants, construction companies and manufacturing plants are the top employers using work-release inmates in the county.“I think that’s a great idea,” Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham said.
In Lawrence County, which is also in North Alabama, sheriff’s Chief Deputy Brian Covington said they select work-release inmates who are unlikely to try to flee.“Somebody who wants to work,” Lawrence County Sheriff Max Sanders added.Trusted inmates serving time for non-violent crimes are able to fill positions under close supervision. This lets businesses thrive and allows inmates to earn money, rehabilitate and ease their transition back into society.
Bob Parker, who owns a Dreamland Barbecue location in Montgomery, says everyone deserves a second chance and he’s open to giving them a new start at his restaurant.
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