Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.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,...