Research & Data
Built on ADOC's June 2026 Monthly Report, FY2025 Annual Report, and Second Quarterly Report of FY2026, with parole data updated through ABPP’s August 2026 report.
Policy versus practice
Official statistics show system scale. Resident and family reports help identify where written policy may not be reaching people in practice. ALPRP evaluates both using separate evidence labels and corroboration standards.
New integrated analysis
Explore 14 issues across resident reporting, ADOC records, DOJ and court evidence, independent reporting, and ALPRP’s proposed response. Every conclusion preserves its evidence status and limitations.
Open the Evidence Matrix →connected issues
viewpoints compared
corroborated patterns
unresolved data gaps
Physically in ADOC facilities, June 2026 (+81 vs. Jun. 2025)
Total under ADOC authority, June 2026 (+1,048 vs. Jun. 2025)
Uses architectural design capacity plus renovations of 12,115, the standard used in DOJ overcrowding analysis
560 grants through August 2026; the guidelines’ suggested grant rate was 13%, while concurrence was 86%
FY2026 YTD through June; $9.19M paid to ADOC
All reported security classifications as of March 31, 2026; up from 2,258 at FY2025 year-end
7,655 total admissions through June 2026
7,120 total releases through June 2026
Resident conduct matters. So does institutional performance — staffing, canceled services, and systemic outcomes.
On September 2, 2026, the United States moved for summary judgment in United States v. Alabama, No. 2:20-cv-01971-HDM. The DOJ asks the court to rule that Alabama violates the Eighth Amendment through failures involving violence and sexual abuse, supervision, contraband, prisoner movement, excessive force, investigations, oversight, and unsafe physical conditions. This is a pending motion—not a court ruling. Both the United States and Alabama/ADOC filed competing summary-judgment motions in September 2026. As of the September 29 docket check cited here, these remained party filings rather than final rulings.
View the federal case docket →ADOC reported 21,125 people in-house against an architectural design capacity plus renovations of 12,115 in June 2026. That equals about 174.4% of design capacity. Monthly population has fluctuated, but the system remains far above the capacity it was built to safely operate.
Through June 2026, 7,655 people were admitted versus 7,120 released — an admissions-minus-releases balance of 535. Probation revocations (23.9%) and parole readmissions (9.7%) together made up 33.6% of admissions.
Close and medium security — the most overcrowded levels — account for 7,275 major disciplinary actions and 432 physical assaults in six months. Medium security recorded more inmate-on-inmate assaults (247) than close security (185).
The parole grant rate fell from 55% in FY2017 to 8% in FY2023, then recovered to 20% in FY2024, 23% in FY2025, and 20% through August 2026. ABPP reported 560 grants through August. Its August report shows a 13% suggested grant rate and 86% concurrence with the guidelines.
Compared with the FY2025 year-end in-house population of 21,034, 1,220 nonduplicated adult-education participants equal about 5.8%, 742 annual treatment completions equal about 3.5%, and 1,466 work-release participants at year end equal about 7.0%. These measures overlap and should not be added together.
ADOC opened 43 death investigations during January–March 2026 and closed 53 investigations, including cases from earlier periods. The 53 closures included 25 autopsy-not-authorized classifications, 16 natural, 3 accidental, 2 accidental/overdose, 2 homicide, 1 suicide, and 4 judicial homicide.
Through June 2026, 1,075 employed work-release residents earned $22.97M in gross wages year-to-date. Approximately $9.19M was paid to ADOC, showing why work release should be evaluated for wages, deductions, restitution, family support, and public benefit.
ADOC reported 2,386 employees across its security classifications in March 2026, up from 2,258 at FY2025 year-end. That remains about 940 below the historical 3,326-position DOJ-era benchmark, although the current categories and historical benchmark are not perfectly identical.
ADOC's own reporting shows programming exists but remains vastly underscaled: 481 re-entry programs completed, 802 drug-treatment completions, 18 GEDs earned, and 712 vocational certificates in a single year against a population exceeding 20,000. From 2021 to 2024, Career and Technical Education completions ranged from 532 to 1,231 — still under 7% of the incarcerated population. FY2025 saw 1,310 re-entry completions and 43,191 religious program attendances, with community corrections serving 4,338 people outside traditional confinement, the largest alternative-supervision population in the system.
September 2026 Implementation Watch
ALPRP records current Alabama actions without presenting them as adoption of the five-stage proposal. Published statistics remain unchanged until the underlying official tables can be inspected and reconciled.
ADOC published a third-quarter report landing page on September 10, 2026. The public page currently identifies the report but does not expose readable report tables or a downloadable document. ALPRP therefore retains the verified June monthly population figures and March 31 quarterly staffing and death-investigation figures until the source data can be reviewed.
Check the official report page →ADOC began Phase 1 at Elmore, Frank Lee, Kilby, and Staton. Canteen tobacco sales ended September 1, with tobacco products and accessories scheduled to become contraband after October 1. ADOC also announced cessation classes and nicotine-replacement products. Evaluation should track treatment access, withdrawal-related incidents, contraband, enforcement consistency, and resident and staff health effects.
Read the ADOC announcement →ADOC reported 34 residents in the inaugural IN2Work class and 40 in the second class. The four-month pathway includes kitchen basics, food-service management, ServeSafe certification, workplace skills, and access to Aramark job opportunities after release. iCare Fresh was operating at five facilities with five more in development. Pilot 100 should connect to and evaluate this capacity rather than duplicate it.
Read the ADOC announcement →Sources: ADOC June 2026 Monthly Report · FY2025 Annual Report · Second Quarterly Report of FY2026 (ending March 31, 2026) · FY2026 Third-Quarter Report landing page (published September 10, 2026; underlying figures pending verification) · ABPP August 2026 Monthly Statistical Report · United States’ Motion for Summary Judgment, United States v. Alabama, No. 2:20-cv-01971-HDM, Doc. 378 (filed September 2, 2026) · ADOC Statistical Reports. Parole grant rate reflects Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles hearing outcomes, not total releases. FY2027 enacted ADOC General Fund appropriation confirmed in the Legislature’s FY2027 enacted General Fund comparison. Compiled independently for the ALPRP data dashboard.
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