In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons:
(1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses;
(2) Convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal thereto;
(3) Persons committed for contempt or on civil process;
(4) Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal case;
(5) Persons charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense against the United States;
(6) Insane persons, pending transfer to a mental hospital or other disposition; and
(7) All other persons committed thereto by authority of law.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 14-6-1 - Legal Custody and Charge of Jails and Prisoners; Appointment of Jailer.
Section 14-6-2 - Delivery of Jail, etc., Upon Death, etc., of Sheriff.
Section 14-6-3 - Who May Be Confined in County Jail.
Section 14-6-4 - Duty to Receive and Keep Federal Prisoners.
Section 14-6-5 - Refusal to Receive Prisoner Into Custody.
Section 14-6-6 - Commitment to Nearest Sufficient Jail to Insure Safekeeping.
Section 14-6-7 - Removal of Prisoners - When Made to Nearest Sufficient Jail.
Section 14-6-8 - Removal of Prisoners - Fire.
Section 14-6-9 - Removal of Prisoners - Ill Health.
Section 14-6-10 - Removal of Prisoners - Use of Guards.
Section 14-6-11 - Summoning of Guards to Prevent Escape.
Section 14-6-12 - Commencement of Imprisonment on Second or Subsequent Conviction.
Section 14-6-13 - Separation of Men and Women.
Section 14-6-14 - Duty of Sheriff to Furnish List of Confined Prisoners to Circuit Court.
Section 14-6-16 - Commitment or Discharge of Prisoners - Duty to File Process or Order.
Section 14-6-17 - Furnishing of Support to Prisoners.
Section 14-6-18 - Furnishing of Spirituous, etc., Liquors.
Section 14-6-19 - Clothing, Bedding, Medical Attention, and Feminine Hygiene Products.
Section 14-6-20 - Appointment of Physicians; Terms, Compensation, and Duties Thereof.
Section 14-6-21 - Allowing Jail, etc., to Become Foul or Unclean.