Nothing in this article shall prevent any county of this state from working its county convicts according to the law as it now exists or may hereafter be enacted, but no county convict shall be worked in any coal mine or worked under lease to any person, firm or corporation; provided, however, that any county or counties shall have the authority to work such convicts retained by it in and around the courthouse, in and around the jail or any other public building or works of the county.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 14-5-1 - "Hard Labor for the County" Defined.
Section 14-5-2 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts Generally.
Section 14-5-3 - Working Convicts in Coal Mines.
Section 14-5-4 - Penalty for Violating Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3.
Section 14-5-6 - County Convicts - Drains and Drainage Districts.
Section 14-5-7 - Work on Drains or Drainage Districts by State Convicts.
Section 14-5-10 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts by Board of Corrections With State Agencies, Etc.
Section 14-5-11 - Employment of State or County Inmates by Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalty.