2022 AL Governor's race: on Crime


Kay Ivey: Rehabilitate prisoners; don't just warehouse them

The governor also addressed the recent failure of her prison plan to get the financing it needed to move forward. She said she's now ready to sit down with lawmakers and work out a deal. "Prisons have been in ill repair for decades. They are long past serving their time. So have got to build new prisons and start rehabilitating our prisoners and not just warehousing them," Ivey said.
Source: CBS42 AL News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race Jun 2, 2021

Stacy Lee George: Call in National Guard to get state prisons under control

Stacy George, a corrections officer running for governor in next year's election, said prisons are dangerously understaffed and officers are quitting because of the workload. George said the staffing shortage merits calling in the National Guard to get facilities under control. "I have to ask the question: Are we really running the prisons or are the inmates running the prisons?" George said.
Source: Associated Press on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race Sep 26, 2021

Yolanda Flowers: Private prisons have corrupted Alabama's justice system

We all know that the criminal justice system is biased in our state. Advocacy, investigations, and "ground-up" change are needed to ensure that our system works for all Alabamians. Citizens should trust their justice system to do what is right regardless of the color of their skin. Private prisons have corrupted Alabama's justice system.

Alabama's prisons systems have always been an issue, but it has come into the spotlight recently. Alabama's correctional facilities need proper funding, but there are other things that can be done to help the system as well. Yolanda does not approve of Governor Ivey's allocation of funds to build more prisons.

Source: 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial website YolandaForGovernor.org Jul 19, 2022

Yolanda Flowers: Hire police, prison guards who are psychologically suited

Flowers said that the state needs to hire law enforcement and prison guards with the right mentality for the job and that not everybody is psychologically suited for those positions.

"You have to have a mind for that and a heart for that," Flowers said. "You have to be able to apprehend somebody without shooting them. "Everybody is not qualified mentally to carry a gun. A lot of people do not know how to handle power."

Source: 1819 News on 2022 Alabama Gubernatorial race Jan 31, 2022

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Candidates and political leaders on Crime:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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