The sheriff or jailer must, if the jail of the county is sufficient, receive into his custody any person committed under any criminal charge or offense against the United States and safely keep such prisoner, according to the order or process of commitment, until duly discharged by law; and he is liable to the same penalties for the escape of such prisoner as for the escape of a prisoner committed under the authority of this state.
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.