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AL SJR117

Joint Resolution

Status

Engrossed

5/16/2017

Primary Sponsor

Clyde Chambliss

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Origin

Senate

Regular Session 2017

AI Summary

  • Request the Alabama Department of Corrections to rename the Frank Lee Youth Center to the Frank Lee Community Based Facility and Community Work Center.
  • The facility, located in Deatsville, Alabama, opened in June 1964 and originally housed 104 male offenders ages 21 and younger serving sentences of 10 years or less.
  • The facility was named after A. Frank Lee, a former Department of Corrections Commissioner who served from 1960-1969 under Governor Albert Brewer.
  • In 1996, the facility transitioned from a youth center to a minimum custody correctional facility managing work release and community work center programs.
  • Direct the Department of Corrections to place signs designating the renamed Frank Lee Community Based Facility and Community Work Center.

Legislative Description

Corrections Dept., name change of facility requested, Frank Lee Youth Center to Frank Lee Community Based Facility and Community Work Center

Resolutions, Designation

Last Action

Received in House of Representatives and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Rules

5/16/2017

Committee Referrals

Rules5/16/2017

Full Bill Text

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