SB320 Summary

• Authorizes the Alabama Department of Corrections to establish a pilot program offering bonuses or educational incentives to correctional officers for remaining employed for consecutive terms.

• Program is designed to increase correctional officer hiring and retention through combinations of bonuses and educational incentives.

• Program funding is subject to availability of funds and appropriations made in the annual budget act.

• Program automatically expires on December 31, 2020, unless extended by legislature.

• Act takes effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor.