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Chapter 1 - Board and Department of Corrections.
Section 14-1-1.1 - Department of Corrections - Creation, Duties, Responsibilities, Etc. - There is hereby created the Alabama Department of Corrections, hereinafter...
Section 14-1-1.2 - Department of Corrections - Administration of Penal and Corrections Institutions. - The department shall be an administrative department responsible for administering...
Section 14-1-1.3 - Commissioner of Corrections - Appointment; Salary; Duties. - The department shall be headed by and under the independent...
Section 14-1-1.4 - Commissioner of Corrections - Qualifications; Oath; Bond. - The commissioner shall be a person of good character, of...
Section 14-1-1.5 - Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications; Salary. - (a) The commissioner may appoint no more than three deputy...
Section 14-1-1.6 - Release Into Federal Custody of Persons Whose Federal Sentence Exceeds State Sentence. - The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall release into...
Section 14-1-4 - Officers and Employees Generally. - (a) The department may appoint officers and employees as it...
Section 14-1-4.1 - Perry County Facility Employment and Appointments. - Upon the acquisition of the Perry County Facility by the...
Section 14-1-5 - Bond of Officers and Employees. - (a) The board shall require its officers and employees and...
Section 14-1-7 - Administrative Divisions; Chiefs of Divisions. - The board shall have the power to create within the...
Section 14-1-8 - Functions and Duties - Generally. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-1-9 - Functions and Duties - Advisor to Governor and Legislature; Notice to Governor and Legislature Prior to Construction of Permanent Facilities at Prisons. - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-1-10 - Functions and Duties - Power and Authority - Exercise; Restrictions. - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-1-11 - Functions and Duties - Power and Authority - Rules and Regulations. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-1-12 - Treatment, Care and Segregation of Tubercular and Other Convict Patients Needing Long-Time Hospitalization. - The board may also make such changes in the existing...
Section 14-1-13 - Fiscal Year; Annual Report; Periodic Recommendations. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-1-14 - Corrections Revolving Fund. - There is hereby created from the board's general operating funds,...
Section 14-1-15 - Duties, Authority, Property, Rights, etc., of Board of Corrections Vested in Governor. - All duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, liabilities, property, funds, appropriations,...
Section 14-1-16 - Board of Corrections Abolished; Rights, Duties, Powers, Property, etc., Vested in Governor. - Effective October 1, 1979, the Board of Corrections of the...
Section 14-1-17 - Governor Authorized to Exercise Functions, Designate Administrator, Set Salary and Designate Duties. - All functions and duties of the department shall be exercised...
Section 14-1-18 - Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; Creation, Composition; Appointment; Meetings; Quorum; Capital Outlays and Capital Improvements; Compensation; Funding From Oil and Gas Leases. - REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE...
Section 14-1-19 - Acceptance and Redispensing of Unused Prescription Medications. - (a) As used in this section, the following terms shall...
Section 14-1-20 - Hiring and Retention of Correctional Officers. - (a) The Alabama Department of Corrections may establish a program...
Section 14-1-21 - Costs of Health Care Reimbursed to County; per Diem for Housing and Care. - (a)(1) Counties are not financially responsible for the cost of...
Section 14-1-22 - Agreements for Operation of Facilities. - On or before January 1, 2022, the Department of Corrections...
Section 14-1-23 - Application and Memorandum of Agreement for County Jails; Procedures; Liability Coverage. - (a) For the purpose of establishing consenting county jails for...
Section 14-1-24 - Quarterly Reports. - (a) In addition to any reporting requirements under existing law,...
Chapter 2 - Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority.
Section 14-2-1 - Definitions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-2 - Purpose of Chapter; Construction Thereof. - It is the intent of the Legislature, by the passage...
Section 14-2-3 - Incorporation by State Officials - Authority. - The Governor, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Director of Finance,...
Section 14-2-4 - Incorporation by State Officials - Application. - To become a corporation, the Governor, the Commissioner of Corrections,...
Section 14-2-5 - Incorporation by State Officials - Certificate of Incorporation. - When the application has been made, filed and recorded as...
Section 14-2-6 - Members; Officers; Directors; Quorum; Vacancies; Salaries. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-7 - Resolutions and Proceedings of Board of Directors. - All resolutions adopted by the board of directors shall constitute...
Section 14-2-8 - Powers - Generally. - The authority shall have the following powers among others specified...
Section 14-2-8.1 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Special Session, Effective October 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - (a) Separate and apart from the power granted to the...
Section 14-2-9 - Powers - Eminent Domain. - The authority shall have the same power of eminent domain...
Section 14-2-10 - Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Issuance of Bonds. - In anticipation of issuance of bonds under this chapter, the...
Section 14-2-11 - Execution of Bonds and Notes. - The bonds and notes of the authority shall be executed...
Section 14-2-12 - Bonds - Authorization. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-13 - Bonds - Sale and Issuance of Refunding Bonds. - The authority may, from time to time, sell and issue...
Section 14-2-13.1 - Bonds - Limitations on Issuance of Refunding Bonds; Present Value of Debt Service; Average Maturity of Refunding Bonds. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-14 - Bonds - Specifications; Redemption; Precedence. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-15 - Bonds - Recital, Notice and Contest of Authorizing Resolution, Etc. - (a) Any resolution or indenture of trust authorizing any bonds...
Section 14-2-16 - Bonds - Sale. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-16.1 - Bonds - Report to Legislature; Contents. - The bonding authority provided herein must file a report, in...
Section 14-2-17 - Bonds - Investment of Surplus in State Fund, etc., and Trust Funds. - Any surplus in any state fund and any retirements or...
Section 14-2-18 - Bonds - Security for Deposit of Governmental Funds. - Any bonds issued by the authority may be used by...
Section 14-2-19 - Bonds - Disposition of Proceeds. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-20 - Bonds - Investment of Proceeds. - Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the sale...
Section 14-2-21 - Bonds - Security. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-22 - Bonds - Enforcement Upon Default. - If there be any default by the authority in the...
Section 14-2-23 - Bonds - Bonds and Coupons Deemed Negotiable Instruments. - All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall...
Section 14-2-24 - Obligations, Bonds, and Notes Not Debt of State. - All obligations incurred by the authority and all bonds and...
Section 14-2-25 - Conveyance of Property by State; Right to Possession Thereof; Consideration Therefor. - The Governor of the state is authorized to execute and...
Section 14-2-26 - Kilby Property - Sale or Lease by Authority. - (a) The authority shall have the power to sell, convey...
Section 14-2-27 - Kilby Property - Lease to United States Environmental Protection Agency. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter to the contrary, the...
Section 14-2-28 - Facilities - Construction. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-28.1 - Facilities - Determination on Provider of Telephone Service. - When a facility is constructed with the proceeds from any...
Section 14-2-29 - Facilities - Leasing - State or Agency Thereof. - (a) The authority is hereby authorized to enter into a...
Section 14-2-30 - Facilities - Leasing - County, Municipal Corporation, Agency of Federal Government, Etc. - If at any time any facility constructed by the authority...
Section 14-2-30.1 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Special Session, Effective October 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - The state, through any of its departments or agencies or...
Section 14-2-31 - Special Funds. - In the resolution or proceedings authorizing the issuance of any...
Section 14-2-32 - Exemption From Taxation. - The properties of the authority and the income therefrom, all...
Section 14-2-33 - Venue for Actions. - Any action to protect or enforce any rights under the...
Section 14-2-34 - Dissolution. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-546 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-2-35 - Fees of Secretary of State. - There shall be no fees paid to the Secretary of...
Section 14-2-36 - Exemption From Competitive Bid Laws. - All leases of facilities made by the authority shall be...
Section 14-2-37 - Swap Agreements. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including without limitation Article...
Section 14-2-38 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Special Session, Effective October 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - A person or entity submitting a proposal for any project...
Section 14-2-39 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Special Session, Effective October 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - Nothing in Act 2021-546 shall be construed to limit the...
Section 14-2-40 - This Section Was Assigned by the Code Commissioner in the 2021 Special Session, Effective October 1, 2021. This Is Not in the Current Code Supplement. - (a) Prior to the closure of any facility as the...
Chapter 3 - Prison System.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 14-3-1 - Duties of Board of Corrections Generally. - Repealed by Act 2015-70. §1(24), effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-2 - State Lands - Sale and Purchase; Appropriations for Purchase. - (a) The Board of Corrections may sell any, or all,...
Section 14-3-3 - State Lands - Improvements. - The Board of Corrections may cause to be made such...
Section 14-3-4 - State Lands - Renting Out. - Such of the lands owned by the state as are...
Section 14-3-5 - Use of Net Income From Convict Labor. - Any part of the net income from the labor of...
Section 14-3-6 - Official Correspondence and Public Documents. - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(25), effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-7 - Record of Convicts and Other Books. - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(25), effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-8 - Sentence Card to Be Furnished Each Convict. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-9 - Reporting of Violations of Law; Investigation and Inspection Division; Where Violations Tried; Full Police Powers for Correctional Investigative Services Officers; Minimum Standards. - (a) It shall be the duty of all employees of...
Section 14-3-11 - Transmission of Reports to Legislature. - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(26), effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-12 - Appointment of Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains. - Chaplains shall be appointed by the Board of Corrections, which...
Section 14-3-13 - Correctional Officers - Oath of Office. - Every correctional officer, before performing the duties of his or...
Section 14-3-14 - Officers and Guards - Powers of Policemen. - Every officer and guard at any prison has the power...
Section 14-3-15 - Officers and Guards - Pursuit and Arrest of Escaped Convicts. - Every officer and guard, regularly sworn, shall have power to...
Section 14-3-16 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter. - Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall...
Article 2 - Penitentiary.
Section 14-3-30 - Temporary Confinement of Convict Pending Removal; Inmate Developing Medical Condition Which Requires Treatment. - (a)(1) When any defendant is sentenced to the custody of...
Section 14-3-31 - Imprisonment on Commuted Sentence. - The Board of Corrections must receive into the penitentiary, on...
Section 14-3-32 - Federal Prisoners. - The Board of Corrections must receive into the penitentiary all...
Section 14-3-33 - Delivery of Convict by Sheriff. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-34 - Detention of Convict en Route. - It is the duty of all jailers, on demand of...
Section 14-3-35 - Information Regarding Convict; Search of Convict's Baggage and Person. - It is the duty of the Board of Corrections, upon...
Section 14-3-36 - Taking Charge of Convict's Effects. - The officer in charge of any prison or camp must...
Section 14-3-37 - Removal From Penitentiary When Judgment Reversed. - When any judgment of conviction is reversed and the case...
Section 14-3-38 - How Sentences to Be Served on Two or More Convictions; Effect of Convict's Conduct Thereon. - (a) When a convict is sentenced to imprisonment in the...
Section 14-3-39 - Guards for Female Convicts. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-40 - Separation of Convicts - Male and Female. - It shall be unlawful to chain together or to confine...
Section 14-3-41 - Separation of Convicts - Convicts Suffering From Tuberculosis. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-42 - Removal of Convicts - Insanity. - REPEALED IN THE 2015 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2015-70 EFFECTIVE...
Section 14-3-43 - Removal of Convicts - Disease or Other Urgent Necessity. - The Board of Corrections may cause the convicts to be...
Section 14-3-44 - Clothing of Prisoners; Feminine Hygiene Products. - (a) All prisoners must be clothed during the term of...
Section 14-3-45 - Diet. - The diet of convicts in quantity and quality must be...
Section 14-3-46 - Bibles and Other Reading Matter. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-47 - Employment - Authorized; Regulations; Department Authorized to Establish Posts; Camps, etc., for Labor, Discipline, etc., Programs; Limitations. - (a) State inmates shall be employed at such labor, in...
Section 14-3-48 - Employment - Exemptions; Holidays. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-49 - Employment - Working for Themselves. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-50 - Confinement in Unhealthy or Unfit Cells, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-51 - Punishment - Restrictions Generally. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-52 - Punishment - Cruel or Excessive Punishment; Corporal Punishment; Records to Be Kept. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-53 - Shackles and Chains. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-54 - Inquiry Into Management and Treatment of Convicts. - The Board of Corrections shall have authority to summon, swear...
Section 14-3-55 - Comments on Prison Management in Presence of Convicts. - No officer or person holding any appointment, the duties of...
Section 14-3-56 - Commission of Offense During Incarceration - Confinement or Bail. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-57 - Commission of Offense During Incarceration - Evidence of Conviction on Trial. - On the trial of any convict for any offense committed...
Section 14-3-58 - Notification and Procedures Upon Escape of Inmate; Reward. - (a) This section shall be known as the "Joel Willmore...
Section 14-3-59 - Posting of Regulations and Code Provisions on Escapes. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-3-60 - Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Article 3 - High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems.
Section 14-3-70 - Legislative Intent. - It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the...
Section 14-3-71 - Department Authorized to Install High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems. - The Department of Corrections may design and install high voltage...
Section 14-3-72 - Installation. - The installation of an electrified security fence shall be between...
Section 14-3-73 - Liability of Providers for Injury or Death as Result of System. - A provider of electricity for the electric fence system authorized...
Chapter 4 - County Convicts.
Section 14-4-1 - Applicability of Laws and Rules Pertaining to State Convicts. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-4-2 - Superintendence and Control of Convicts. - Hard labor for the county shall be under the superintendence...
Section 14-4-3 - Maintenance of Record of Convicts by Board of Corrections; Report to Board by Probate Judge. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-4-4 - Report of Hard Labor Sentence to Probate Judge. - (a) All judicial officers shall, immediately upon the sentence of...
Section 14-4-5 - Record of Convicts to Be Kept by Probate Judge. - The county commission shall provide a well-bound book to be...
Section 14-4-6 - Work on Public Roads - Rules and Regulations. - Whenever the county commission of a county deems it to...
Section 14-4-7 - Work on Public Roads - Female Convicts. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-4-8 - Work on Public Roads - Tobacco Allowance and Noon Meals. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-4-9 - Sentencing of Convicts - How Sentence Served on Two or More Convictions; Effect of Convict's Conduct Thereon. - (a) When a convict is sentenced on two or more...
Section 14-4-10 - Sentencing of Convicts - Sentences for Costs. - Whenever any convict is sentenced by the court and required...
Section 14-4-11 - Superintendent of Public Works - Appointment. - Should the county commission determine to employ persons sentenced to...
Section 14-4-12 - Superintendent of Public Works - Bond. - The Superintendent of Public Works shall also enter into bond...
Section 14-4-13 - Superintendent of Public Works - Duties. - The duties of the Superintendent of Public Works are: (1)...
Section 14-4-14 - Oath of Superintendent of Public Works and Guards. - The Superintendent of Public Works and each person employed as...
Chapter 5 - Convict Labor.
Section 14-5-1 - "Hard Labor for the County" Defined. - "Hard labor for the county," as used in this code...
Section 14-5-2 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts Generally. - It shall be unlawful to hire or lease for any...
Section 14-5-3 - Working Convicts in Coal Mines. - It shall be unlawful to work any convict, state or...
Section 14-5-4 - Penalty for Violating Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3. - Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions...
Section 14-5-5 - County Convicts - Authority to Work Generally; Lease to Persons, Firms or Corporations Prohibited; Working in and Around Public Buildings and Works. - Nothing in this article shall prevent any county of this...
Section 14-5-6 - County Convicts - Drains and Drainage Districts. - County commissions in all counties of this state may use...
Section 14-5-7 - Work on Drains or Drainage Districts by State Convicts. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-8 - Agreement to Use of Convict Labor Under Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 - County Convicts. - The use of county convict labor under the provisions of...
Section 14-5-9 - Agreement to Use of Convict Labor Under Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 - State Convicts. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-10 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts by Board of Corrections With State Agencies, Etc. - The Board of Corrections is hereby authorized to hire or...
Section 14-5-11 - Employment of State or County Inmates by Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalty. - (a) No state or county inmate shall be employed by...
Article 2 - Manual Labor Work Program.
Section 14-5-30 - Legislative Intent. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-31 - Establishment of Community-Based Manual Labor Camps. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-32 - Mentally or Physically Impaired Inmates to Be Periodically Examined. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-33 - Emphasis of Program on Removal of Litter From Highways, Cleaning of Unauthorized Dumps and Public Cemeteries, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-34 - Program May Be Used for Removal of Litter on Private Cemetary, Church Property, and Private Property Where Nuisance. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-35 - Exemptions. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-36 - Work Incentive Credits; Refusal to Work or Comply With Standards. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-5-37 - Article Does Not Authorize Commissioner to Reduce Sentence. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Chapter 6 - Jails.
Section 14-6-1 - Legal Custody and Charge of Jails and Prisoners; Appointment of Jailer. - The sheriff has the legal custody and charge of the...
Section 14-6-2 - Delivery of Jail, etc., Upon Death, etc., of Sheriff. - On the death, resignation, removal from office or expiration of...
Section 14-6-3 - Who May Be Confined in County Jail. - In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county...
Section 14-6-4 - Duty to Receive and Keep Federal Prisoners. - The sheriff or jailer must, if the jail of the...
Section 14-6-5 - Refusal to Receive Prisoner Into Custody. - Any jailer or other officer who willfully refuses to receive...
Section 14-6-6 - Commitment to Nearest Sufficient Jail to Insure Safekeeping. - In all criminal cases, either before or after conviction, and...
Section 14-6-7 - Removal of Prisoners - When Made to Nearest Sufficient Jail. - If the jail of any county is destroyed, or becomes...
Section 14-6-8 - Removal of Prisoners - Fire. - When the county jail or any building contiguous thereto is...
Section 14-6-9 - Removal of Prisoners - Ill Health. - When the life or health of any prisoner, who is...
Section 14-6-10 - Removal of Prisoners - Use of Guards. - (a) When it becomes necessary to remove any prisoner from...
Section 14-6-11 - Summoning of Guards to Prevent Escape. - When the county jail is insecure or insufficient and there...
Section 14-6-12 - Commencement of Imprisonment on Second or Subsequent Conviction. - When a convict is sentenced to confinement in the county...
Section 14-6-13 - Separation of Men and Women. - Men and women prisoners, except husband and wife, must not...
Section 14-6-14 - Duty of Sheriff to Furnish List of Confined Prisoners to Circuit Court. - It is the duty of the sheriff, on the first...
Section 14-6-15 - Commitment or Discharge of Prisoners - Duty of Sheriff to Report to Clerk of Circuit Court. - When a prisoner is committed to the county jail, it...
Section 14-6-16 - Commitment or Discharge of Prisoners - Duty to File Process or Order. - It is the duty of the sheriff or of the...
Section 14-6-17 - Furnishing of Support to Prisoners. - Any person committed to jail may furnish his own support,...
Section 14-6-18 - Furnishing of Spirituous, etc., Liquors. - No person confined in jail must, on any pretext whatever,...
Section 14-6-19 - Clothing, Bedding, Medical Attention, and Feminine Hygiene Products. - The sheriff of a county shall provide to prisoners at...
Section 14-6-20 - Appointment of Physicians; Terms, Compensation, and Duties Thereof. - (a) The county commission in each county in this state...
Section 14-6-21 - Allowing Jail, etc., to Become Foul or Unclean. - Whoever, being a sheriff, jailer or other person having the...
Section 14-6-22 - Misdemeanant Required to Pay Costs of Incarceration; Remission of Costs; Amount and Method of Payment; Payment of Costs as Condition of Probation, etc., Authorized; Procedure Upon Default; Disposition of Costs. - (a)(1) A court shall require a convicted defendant in a...
Article 2 - Feeding of Prisoners.
Section 14-6-40 - Duty to Feed Prisoners. - The sheriff of the county, except as otherwise provided by...
Section 14-6-41 - Supervision. - (a) It shall be the duty of the Board of...
Section 14-6-42 - Payments for Services; Recordkeeping. - (a) Food and the services for preparing food, serving food,...
Section 14-6-43 - Allowance - Preparation and Service, Etc. - REPEALED BY ACT 2019-133, § 2, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2019.
Section 14-6-47 - Prisoner Feeding Fund; Forms for Records; Disposition of Funds. - (a) The Prisoner Feeding Fund is established in the office...
Section 14-6-48 - Custodian of Funds; Violations. - The sheriff shall be the custodian of all funds paid...
Section 14-6-50 - Penalty for Violation of Article. - Any member of a county commission, sheriff or deputy who...
Section 14-6-51 - Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund. - There is hereby established the Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund into...
Article 3 - Tubercular Prisoners.
Section 14-6-60 - Removal of Tubercular Prisoners to State Hospital. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-61 - Applicability of Article to Persons Confined Pending Appeal. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-62 - Payment of Expenses of Removal. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Article 4 - Inspection of Jails and Sanitation Requirements Generally.
Section 14-6-80 - Cities of 10,000 or Over Embraced in Article. - The only town or city prisons embraced within the provisions...
Section 14-6-81 - Duties of State Agency. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-82 - Authority to Order Jail, etc., Put in Proper Condition. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-83 - Power to Condemn Jails. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-84 - Sheriffs, etc., to Furnish Information on Request. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-85 - Penalty for Failure to Provide Information, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-86 - Formulation of Rules and Regulations. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-87 - Ordering, etc., of Alterations, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-88 - Ordering, etc., of Removal of Prisoners, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-89 - Ordering, etc., of Return of Prisoners, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-90 - Penalty for Refusal to Obey Orders of Board of Corrections. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-91 - Publication of Reports, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-92 - Fumigating, Cleansing and Painting Jails Generally. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-93 - Janitor Service, Bathing Facilities, Etc. - The county commission or city council shall provide adequate janitor...
Section 14-6-94 - Prisoners to Be Compelled to Bathe. - The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers...
Section 14-6-95 - Jails, etc., to Be Kept Clean, Etc. - The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers...
Section 14-6-96 - Fumigation of Jails, etc., Where Persons With Infectious, etc., Diseases Confined. - Any apartment of any jail, prison or almshouse in which...
Section 14-6-97 - Duty of Sheriff, etc., as to Food. - The sheriff, the chief of police or town marshal or...
Section 14-6-98 - Monthly Report to Board of Corrections. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-99 - Appointment of Special Coroner. - In the event the Board of Corrections needs the service...
Section 14-6-100 - Probate Judge to Furnish Grand Jury Report to Board of Corrections. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-101 - Notification of Board of Corrections as to Alterations, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-102 - Special Session of County Commission. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-103 - Size, etc., of Jails, Etc. - Each county jail or town or city prison must be...
Section 14-6-104 - Payment of Expenses of Maintenance, etc., of Jails, Etc. - The expense incident to the construction, maintenance, sanitation, healthfulness and...
Section 14-6-105 - Deputies, Watchmen, etc., for Jails, Etc. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-106 - Inspection of Prisons, Convict Camps, Jails, Etc. - Authorization. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-107 - Inspection of Prisons, Convict Camps, Jails, Etc. - Powers and Effect of Orders of Board of Corrections. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-108 - Visiting of Places Outside the State by Board of Corrections. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-6-109 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article for Which No Other Penalty Provided. - Any member of the county commission, sheriff or other keeper...
Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities.
Section 14-6A-1 - Establishing or Joining Regional Jail Authority. - (a) The county commissions of two or more counties may,...
Section 14-6A-2 - Powers. - The regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate...
Section 14-6A-3 - Board of Directors. - (a) The regional jail authority shall be governed by a...
Section 14-6A-4 - Facility to Serve as County Jail; Sheriff's Authority; Employees; Duty of Superintendent. - (a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility...
Section 14-6A-5 - Governmental Entity. - The regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined...
Section 14-6A-6 - Scope of Authority. - For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter,...
Section 14-6A-7 - Tax Exemptions. - The property and income of the regional jail authority, all...
Section 14-6A-8 - Obligations of Authority. - All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or...
Section 14-6A-9 - Dissolution. - At any time when a regional jail authority has no...
Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty.
Section 14-6A-30 - Establishing or Joining Regional Jail Authority. - (a) The municipal council of two or more municipalities, by...
Section 14-6A-31 - Powers. - A regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate...
Section 14-6A-32 - Board of Directors. - (a) A regional jail authority shall be governed by a...
Section 14-6A-33 - Facility to Serve as Municipal Jail; Employees; Duty of Superintendent. - (a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility...
Section 14-6A-34 - Governmental Entity. - A regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined...
Section 14-6A-35 - Scope of Authority. - For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article,...
Section 14-6A-36 - Tax Exemptions. - The property and income of a regional jail authority, all...
Section 14-6A-37 - Obligations of Authority. - All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or...
Section 14-6A-38 - Dissolution. - At any time when a regional jail authority has no...
Section 14-6A-39 - Applicability. - Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, the...
Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.
Section 14-7-6 - Short Title. - This chapter may be cited as the "Prison-Made Goods Act...
Section 14-7-7 - Purpose of Chapter. - It is hereby declared to be the intent of this...
Section 14-7-8 - Powers of Board of Corrections. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-454 IN THE 2019...
Section 14-7-9 - Issuance of Press Release and Notice as to Public Hearing Upon Decision of Board of Corrections to Obligate Funds to Initiation of Manufacturing in Industry in Which Not Previously Engaged. - At least 30 days prior to a final decision by...
Section 14-7-10 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Specifications. - Any article or product manufactured by the Board of Corrections...
Section 14-7-11 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Prices. - The Board of Corrections and the Finance Department shall fix...
Section 14-7-12 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Catalogues; Requests for Manufacture or Production of Additional Articles or Products. - (a) The Board of Corrections shall cause to be prepared,...
Section 14-7-13 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Requirement as to Purchase of Articles or Products by State Offices, etc., Generally; Purchases by Political Subdivisions. - (a) On and after August 13, 1976, all offices, departments,...
Section 14-7-14 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Exceptions as to Requirement of Purchase of Articles or Products by State Offices, Etc. - Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions in subsection...
Section 14-7-15 - Reports as to Purchases by State Offices, Etc. - At least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal...
Section 14-7-16 - Reports as to Purchases by State Offices, Etc. - Priorities as to Purposes to Which Articles or Products to Be Devoted. - In keeping with the primary objective of vocational training and...
Section 14-7-16.1 - Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Organizations Purchase of Goods and Services Offered by Correctional Industries Division. - Any volunteer fire department and rescue squad organizations operating in...
Section 14-7-17 - Reports of Annual Audits by State Auditor. - In addition to the information ordinarily required by law in...
Section 14-7-18 - Preparation and Promulgation of Policies as to Administration of Chapter. - The Board of Corrections shall have the power and authority...
Section 14-7-19 - Authorization of Industrial Revolving Fund and Expenditures Therefrom. - In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter,...
Section 14-7-20 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale, etc., of Articles or Products; Transfer to State General Fund of Excess Funds in Industrial Revolving Fund. - All moneys collected by the Board of Corrections from the...
Section 14-7-21 - Sale, etc., of Surplus Agricultural Products and Personal Property. - The Board of Corrections shall have the power to authorize...
Section 14-7-22 - Sale or Offer for Sale on Open Market of Articles or Products Manufactured by Prisoners. - (a) It shall be unlawful for the Department of Corrections...
Section 14-7-22.1 - Prison Industry Programs. - (a) In order to implement work-oriented rehabilitation programs in an...
Section 14-7-23 - Construction of Chapter. - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect...
Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs.
Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates.
Section 14-8-1 - Definitions. - For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall...
Section 14-8-2 - Authority to Adopt Regulations and Policies to Implement Program. - (a) The board is authorized to adopt regulations and policies...
Section 14-8-3 - Investigations and Recommendations. - Employees of the board are authorized to make investigations and...
Section 14-8-4 - Limitations on Securing Employment. - The commissioner shall endeavor to secure employment for eligible inmates...
Section 14-8-5 - Inmate Not Deemed Agent, etc., of Board of Corrections. - No inmate granted privileges under the provisions of this article...
Section 14-8-6 - Disposition of Earnings. - The employer of an inmate involved in work release shall...
Section 14-8-7 - Good Time. - Inmates employed under this article shall be eligible for good...
Section 14-8-9 - Annual Report; Public Understanding. - The commissioner shall prepare an annual report to be filed...
Section 14-8-10 - Penalty for Violating Article. - Anyone violating any of the provisions of this article shall...
Article 2 - Work Release for County Inmates and State Inmates in County Custody.
Section 14-8-30 - Definitions. - As used in this article the following words and terms...
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... - (a) There is hereby authorized in each county of the...
Section 14-8-32 - Establishment of Work Release Camps. - Any county establishing a work release program pursuant to this...
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... - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-8-34 - Investigations and Recommendations by Employees of Board of Corrections and Counties Pertaining to Requests for Visits or Job Opportunities, Etc. - Employees of the board and the county are authorized to...
Section 14-8-35 - Conditions as to Employment of Inmates. - The board and the county shall endeavor to secure employment...
Section 14-8-36 - Employment of Inmates by State or Counties Generally; Wages to Be Paid Inmates Employed Thereby. - (a) The State of Alabama and any county are hereby...
Section 14-8-37 - Disposition of Earnings of Inmates. - The employer of an inmate involved in work release pursuant...
Section 14-8-38 - Eligibility of Inmates for Good Time Credit. - County inmates employed under this article shall be eligible for...
Section 14-8-39 - Granting of Leaves and Passes to Inmates. - The county in the case of county inmates and the...
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...
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. - (a) The county commission may designate any officer or employee...
Section 14-8-42 - Willful Failure of Inmate to Remain Within Extended Limits of Confinement or Return to Place of Confinement Within Time Prescribed. - The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the...
Section 14-8-43 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article. - Anyone violating any of the provisions of this article shall...
Section 14-8-44 - Construction of Article Generally; Effect of Article Upon Existing Programs Operating or Functioning Pursuant to Local Law. - The provisions of this article are cumulative and shall not...
Article 3 - Release for Educational Purposes and Seeking Employment and Residence.
Section 14-8-60 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following words and phrases...
Section 14-8-61 - Adoption of Rules, Regulations, and Policies Extending Limits of Confinement of Inmates Seeking Employment and Place of Residence. - In order to provide for the individual supervision and placement...
Section 14-8-62 - Adoption of Rules, Regulations, and Policies Extending Limits of Confinement for Inmates Studying Vocational or Educational Curricula. - In order to insure that the inmate may be qualified...
Section 14-8-63 - Adoption of Regulations as to Eligibility for Extension of Confinement of Inmates Classified as Minimum Security Risks. - The board may adopt regulations as to the eligibility of...
Section 14-8-64 - Investigations and Recommendations by Employees of Board of Corrections Pertaining to Requests for Visits or Job Opportunities, Etc. - Employees of the board are authorized to make investigations and...
Section 14-8-65 - Inmates Not Deemed Agents, etc., of Board of Corrections While Going to and From Employment, Etc. - No inmate granted privileges under the provisions of this article...
Section 14-8-66 - Annual Report; Promotion of Public Understanding and Encouragement of Cooperation of State Agencies. - (a) The commissioner shall prepare an annual report to be...
Section 14-8-67 - Willful Failure of Inmate to Remain Within Extended Limits of Confinement or Return to Place of Confinement Within Time Prescribed. - The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the...
Chapter 9 - Deductions From Sentences.
Section 14-9-3 - Donation of Blood. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Article 3 - Deductions From Sentences of Correctional Incentive Time.
Section 14-9-40 - Short Title. - This article shall be known as the "Alabama Correctional Incentive...
Section 14-9-41 - Computation of Incentive Time Deductions. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2022-322 IN THE 2022...
Section 14-9-42 - Effect of Deductions on Parole. - A deduction from a sentence provided for by this article...
Section 14-9-43 - Good Conduct Time Previously Earned; Applicability of Article. - (a) Any good conduct time credit earned by or otherwise...
Section 14-9-44 - Nonretroactive Effect of Article; Effect on Habitual Offender Laws. - (a) Nothing herein shall be interpreted to give any retroactive...
Article 4 - Alabama Education Incentive Time Act.
Section 14-9-60 - Short Title. - This article shall be known as the Alabama Education Incentive...
Section 14-9-61 - Legislative Findings. - The Legislature finds and declares that according to 2013 RAND...
Section 14-9-62 - Definitions. - As used in this article, the following terms shall have...
Section 14-9-63 - Administration of Education Incentive Time. - The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules regarding the administration...
Section 14-9-64 - Deduction of Sentence Upon Completion of Qualifying Programs in Certain Circumstances. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), a...
Section 14-9-65 - Reporting of Education Incentive Time. - (a) Any education incentive time awarded by the department to...
Section 14-9-66 - Construction of Article; Cause of Action; Limitations on Subject Matter Jurisdiction. - This article does not create an interest or right for...
Section 14-9-67 - Quarterly Reports. - (a) In addition to any reporting requirements under existing law,...
Section 14-9-68 - Rulemaking Authority. - The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt rules to...
Chapter 10 - Discharging Convicts.
Section 14-10-1 - Furnishing of Clothing and Transportation to State Inmate Requiring Same at Expiration of Term; Rules and Regulations; Documentation for Identification; Waiver. - THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2021-549 IN THE 2021...
Section 14-10-2 - Additional Cash Payment Upon Release; Determination of Inmates Requiring Same; Waiver. - In addition to the cash, transportation and clothes to be...
Section 14-10-3 - Penalty for Wrongful Discharge by Public Official. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Chapter 11 - Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons.
Section 14-11-1 - Overworking, Maltreatment or Inflicting of Unauthorized Punishment on Convict. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-11-2 - Illegal Detention, Imprisonment or Working of Convict After Termination of Sentence. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-11-3 - Failure of Witness to Appear or Testify on Management and Treatment of Convicts. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-11-4 - Failure of Duty or Violation of Law by Guard, etc., of Convicts Generally. - Any guard or any person having the charge, management or...
Section 14-11-5 - Noncompliance by Officer, etc., With Sentence of Solitary Confinement. - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
Section 14-11-9 - Trespassing About Prisons. - Any person who goes about any prison against the will...
Section 14-11-10 - Injury to or Destruction of State Property, etc., by Convict or Prisoner. - Any convict or prisoner who willfully or maliciously injures or...
Article 2 - Custodial Sexual Misconduct.
Section 14-11-30 - Definitions. - When used in this article, the following words shall have...
Section 14-11-31 - Prohibited Acts. - (a) It shall be unlawful for any employee to engage...
Section 14-11-32 - Construction With Other Laws. - This article shall not be construed to repeal other criminal...
Article 3 - Cell Telephone Possession by Inmate.
Section 14-11-50 - Prohibited Activities; Violations. - (a) Except as otherwise authorized by law, or when authorized...
Section 14-11-51 - Confiscation of Devices; Notice. - (a) If a person visiting an inmate in the custody...
Article 4 - Social Networking by Inmates.
Section 14-11-70 - Prohibited Activities; Violations. - (a) No inmate in the custody of the Department of...
Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units.
Section 14-12-1 - Conduct of Study as to Establishment and Operation of Schools at Units of Board of Corrections; Establishment and Operation of Schools. - The State Department of Education shall make a study, with...
Section 14-12-2 - Determination of Professional Units and Operating Expenses to Be Provided, Qualifications and Salaries of Teachers and Minimum Number of Hours of Weekly Student Attendance. - (a) A formula for the determination of professional units and...
Section 14-12-3 - Persons Deemed Eligible to Attend Schools. - All persons incarcerated in the Board of Corrections units who...
Section 14-12-4 - Payment of Costs of Operating Schools; Preparation and Consideration of Annual Estimate of Costs. - (a) The total costs of operating the schools authorized by...
Chapter 13 - Interstate Corrections Compact.
Section 14-13-1 - Short Title. - This chapter will be cited as the Interstate Corrections Compact...
Section 14-13-2 - Adoption and Text of Interstate Corrections Compact. - The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and...
Section 14-13-3 - Authority of Commissioner of Department of Corrections to Carry Out Compact; Contracts With Other Member States. - The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is hereby authorized...
Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act.
Section 14-14-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Medical Furlough...
Section 14-14-2 - Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have...
Section 14-14-3 - Eligibility for Furlough. - (a) No physical or medical condition that existed at the...
Section 14-14-4 - Establishment of Furlough Program. - (a) The department shall establish a medical furlough program. The...
Section 14-14-5 - Medical Release Application; Eligibility Factors; Revocation; Notice. - (a) An inmate, or any concerned person, including, but not...
Section 14-14-6 - Review. - This chapter shall not be deemed to grant any entitlement...
Section 14-14-7 - Revocation of Medical Furlough. - The commissioner may revoke a medical furlough granted pursuant to...
Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.
Section 14-15-1 - Short Title. - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 14-15-2 - Applicability. - This chapter shall apply to all pro se civil actions...
Section 14-15-3 - Definitions. - For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have...
Section 14-15-4 - Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies; Dismissal of Action; Waiver of Right to Reply; Pretrial Proceedings; Limitations - (a) The department and any private company or contractor providing...
Section 14-15-5 - In Forma Pauperis Statuts. - (a)(1) A prisoner seeking in forma pauperis status shall provide...
Section 14-15-6 - Service Requirements. - (a) In any pro se action in which any defendant...
Section 14-15-7 - Oral Arguments; Subpoenas; Discovery. - (a) Oral argument on any motion in any prisoner pro...
Section 14-15-8 - Maintenance of Records. - (a) All records maintained by the department in the name...
Section 14-15-9 - Damages. - (a) Damages awarded to a prisoner in connection with a...
Section 14-15-10 - Actions Concerning Prison Conditions; Prisoner Release Orders. - (a) In any civil action with respect to prison conditions,...