Code of Alabama
Article 2 - Work Release for County Inmates and State Inmates in County Custody.
Section 14-8-40 - Inmates Not Deemed State Agents, etc.; Cause of Action Against County, Etc.

No inmate granted privileges under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be an agent, employee, or involuntary servant of the department, state, or county while involved in the free community, while under the direction, control, and supervision of the inmate's employer, or while going to and from employment or other specified areas.
Any inmate participating in a work release program authorized by this chapter or otherwise working outside the jail or a correctional facility shall have no cause of action against the county or a community correction agency, or an employee thereof, related to such activities, unless the county or community corrections agency, or employee thereof, is willfully negligent in carrying out their responsibilities.

Structure Code of Alabama

Code of Alabama

Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.

Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs.

Article 2 - Work Release for County Inmates and State Inmates in County Custody.

Section 14-8-30 - Definitions.

Section 14-8-31 - Authorization for and Establishment of Work Release Programs by Counties; Contracts Between Board of Corrections and Counties as to Costs of Maintenance of State Inmates Participating in Programs; Promulgation of Rules and Regulatio...

Section 14-8-32 - Establishment of Work Release Camps.

Section 14-8-33 - Adoption of Regulations and Policies for Extension of Limits of Confinement of Inmates; Assignment and Transfer of State Inmates Participating in Programs; Protests by Sentencing Judges, etc., as to Participation by Inmates in Progr...

Section 14-8-34 - Investigations and Recommendations by Employees of Board of Corrections and Counties Pertaining to Requests for Visits or Job Opportunities, Etc.

Section 14-8-35 - Conditions as to Employment of Inmates.

Section 14-8-36 - Employment of Inmates by State or Counties Generally; Wages to Be Paid Inmates Employed Thereby.

Section 14-8-37 - Disposition of Earnings of Inmates.

Section 14-8-38 - Eligibility of Inmates for Good Time Credit.

Section 14-8-39 - Granting of Leaves and Passes to Inmates.

Section 14-8-40 - Inmates Not Deemed State Agents, etc.; Cause of Action Against County, Etc.

Section 14-8-41 - Designation by Counties and Board of Corrections of Officers or Employees to Do or Perform Acts or Functions Authorized by Article.

Section 14-8-42 - Willful Failure of Inmate to Remain Within Extended Limits of Confinement or Return to Place of Confinement Within Time Prescribed.

Section 14-8-43 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article.

Section 14-8-44 - Construction of Article Generally; Effect of Article Upon Existing Programs Operating or Functioning Pursuant to Local Law.