Code of Alabama
Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.
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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(25), effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(25), effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.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 - Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(26), effective April 21, 2015.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...