John Hamm, the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections, speaks during a budget hearing at the Alabama Statehouse on Jan. 29, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
Legislators largely seemed receptive to a budget request from the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) during hearings on Thursday.
The Governor’s Office recommended that ADOC receive about $868 million, according to a General Fund budget spreadsheet from the Legislative Services Agency…