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AL Code § 14-7-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|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.

Section 14-7-20Disposition 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 sale or disposition of articles and products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall be forthwith deposited with the State Treasurer to be kept and maintained in the Industrial Revolving Fund authorized by this chapter, and such moneys so collected and deposited shall be used solely for the purchase of raw materials, manufacturing supplies, equipment, machinery and buildings used to carry out the purposes of this chapter, and to otherwise defray the necessary expenses incident thereto, including the employment of such necessary supervisory personnel as is unavailable in the prison inmate population, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Corrections; provided, however, that the Industrial Revolving Fund shall never be maintained in excess of the amount necessary to carry out efficiently and properly the intentions of this chapter. When, in the opinion of the Governor and the Legislature the Industrial Revolving Fund has reached a sum in excess of the requirements of this chapter, such excess shall be transferred by the Board of Corrections to the State General Fund. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §14.)
AL Code § 14-7-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-21 - Sale, etc., of Surplus Agricultural Products and Personal Property.

Section 14-7-21Sale, etc., of surplus agricultural products and personal property. The Board of Corrections shall have the power to authorize the commissioner of the Board of Corrections to sell and dispose of all surplus agricultural products and all personal property owned by the Board of Corrections which have not been manufactured by the board for the purpose of sale at such prices and on such terms and under such rules and regulations as it deems best to adopt. The Board of Corrections shall continue to exercise its rights and privileges relative to the sale and disposal of serviceable state personal property no longer needed by state agencies. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §15.)
AL Code § 14-7-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-22 - Sale or Offer for Sale on Open Market of Articles or Products Manufactured by Prisoners.

Section 14-7-22Sale or offer for sale on open market of articles or products manufactured by prisoners. (a) It shall be unlawful for the Department of Corrections to sell or offer for sale on the open market of this state any articles or products manufactured wholly or in part in this or any other state by prisoners of this state or any other state, except prisoners participating in community correction programs, as defined under Section 15-18-170, et seq., or on parole, probation, or any other kind of community supervision. (b) Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail for not less than 10 days nor more than one year or shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or both, in the discretion of the court. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §§15, 16; Act 2012-194, p. 322, §1.)
AL Code § 14-7-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods.|Section 14-7-23 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 14-7-23Construction of chapter. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to affect Sections 21-2-1 through 21-2-4. (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §18.)
AL Code § 14-10-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|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.

Section 14-10-1Furnishing 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 1ST SPECIAL SESSION, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2021. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. (a) The Department of Corrections shall adopt reasonable rules and criteria to determine those state inmates who require clothing and transportation upon the expiration of their term of custody and before the expiration of their term of custody for each state inmate shall make a reasonable determination of whether or not the state inmate has ready and immediate access to clothing and transportation that meet the requirements of this section. Each state inmate who is determined to require clothing and transportation, at the expiration of his or her term of custody, shall be discharged from the custody and shall be furnished with clothes and with the least expensive mode of public transportation to the point where the inmate is to report for parole and probation supervision, or to the point of sentencing, to be paid from the Department of Corrections general operating funds. Clothing shall be of decent and reasonable quality for employment. (b) The Department of Corrections shall provide minimum documentation for identification, including a social security card and a birth certificate, necessary to obtain employment. The Department of Corrections, in conjunction with the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, shall assist an inmate in obtaining a non-driver identification card, as required in Section 41-27-3.2. (c) Any inmate entitled to clothing and transportation may waive the same, in which case the Department of Corrections shall not be required to make any payment in lieu of clothing and transportation. Each state inmate shall receive this clothing and transportation allowance only once per offense and multiple offenses being served consecutively or concurrently shall for this purpose be considered one offense; but the Department of Corrections may at its discretion furnish transportation as noted above upon any discharge. If the inmate is charged with the commission of any other criminal offense, he or she must be delivered to the proper sheriff or officer to answer the charge. Code 1852, §351; Code 1867, §3899; Code 1876, §4597; Code 1886, §4635; Code 1896, §4500; Code 1907, §6554; Code 1923, §3650; Code 1940, T. 45, §54; Acts 1953, No. 746, p. 1008; Acts 1973, No. 1116, p. 1878; Acts 1989, No. 89-642, p. 1270, §1; Act 2021-549, §2.)
AL Code § 14-10-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 10 - Discharging Convicts.|Section 14-10-2 - Additional Cash Payment Upon Release; Determination of Inmates Requiring Same; Waiver.

Section 14-10-2Additional cash payment upon release; determination of inmates requiring same; waiver. In addition to the cash, transportation and clothes to be furnished to state inmates, as provided in Section 14-10-1 upon their lawful discharge from custody, there shall be allowed and paid to each such inmate whose time in custody does not exceed five years the sum of $10 in cash and to each such inmate whose time in custody exceeds five years the sum of $10 plus an additional sum in cash at the rate of $2 per annum for each additional year or fractional part of a year of not less than six months of actual time in custody after conviction. Said additional allowances and payments may be made as cash allowances and payments are made under existing laws. The Department of Corrections shall determine those state inmates who require these payments and shall use the regulations and criteria established in accordance with Section 14-10-1 to make this determination. No payment shall be made to any state inmate whom the Department of Corrections has reasonably determined does not require such payment. Any state inmate may waive receipt of this payment. Each state inmate shall receive this payment only once per offense and multiple offenses being served consecutively or concurrently shall for this purpose be considered one offense. (Acts 1919, No. 668, p. 968; Code 1923, §3651; Code 1940, T. 45, §55; Acts 1989, No. 89-642, p. 1270, §2.)
AL Code § 14-10-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 10 - Discharging Convicts.|Section 14-10-3 - Penalty for Wrongful Discharge by Public Official.

Section 14-10-3Penalty for wrongful discharge by public official. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. Code 1907, §6607; Code 1923, §3703; Code 1940, T. 45, §106.)
AL Code § 14-12-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|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.

Section 14-12-1Conduct 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 the assistance of the Board of Corrections, of the requirements of establishing and operating schools at the various units of the Board of Corrections. The State Department of Education shall establish and operate such schools when funds are provided for this purpose. (Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §1.)
AL Code § 14-12-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units.|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.

Section 14-12-2Determination 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 other operating expenses, based upon eligible students, shall be developed by the State Department of Education. An eligible student under this subsection shall be a person who has not graduated from an accredited high school and who is able to benefit from the instructional programs offered. The total number of professional units provided shall be the sum total of units necessary for classroom teachers, vocational teachers, librarians, teachers of exceptional students, supervisors, counselors, principals and a director. Any funds provided for such units where such units are not employed shall revert to the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund. (b) The qualifications of teachers shall be determined by the State Department of Education and shall be similar to the qualifications of teachers in the regular schools. (c) The State Department of Education in cooperation with the Board of Corrections shall determine the minimum number of hours a student must be in attendance each week. (d) The minimum monthly salary rates for classroom teachers and special positions shall be in accordance with the current minimum salary schedule in effect in the regular public schools. (e) Vocational teachers, counselors, supervisors and special education units shall be provided in addition to classroom teacher units in accordance with the policy of the State Board of Education for the allocation of such units in the regular public schools and in accordance with the ability of the Board of Corrections to provide adequate facilities for such programs and the ability of the students enrolled to benefit from such instruction. The facilities of the technical schools at Atmore and Speigner shall be used to the extent practicable. (Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §4.)
AL Code § 14-12-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units.|Section 14-12-3 - Persons Deemed Eligible to Attend Schools.

Section 14-12-3Persons deemed eligible to attend schools. All persons incarcerated in the Board of Corrections units who are not high school graduates shall be eligible to attend such school. (Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §2.)
AL Code § 14-12-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 12 - Schools at Correctional Units.|Section 14-12-4 - Payment of Costs of Operating Schools; Preparation and Consideration of Annual Estimate of Costs.

Section 14-12-4Payment of costs of operating schools; preparation and consideration of annual estimate of costs. (a) The total costs of operating the schools authorized by this chapter shall be borne entirely by the state and shall be paid from the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund. (b) Such costs shall be considered annually, upon the recommendation of the State Department of Education, by the joint interim committee made up of the Ways and Means Committee of the House and the Finance and Taxation Committee of the Senate. An estimate of costs for the 1977-78 school year and each succeeding year shall be made to the above mentioned committee when the budget estimates are presented by the State Department of Education. (Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §3.)
AL Code § 14-13-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 13 - Interstate Corrections Compact.|Section 14-13-1 - Short Title.

Section 14-13-1Short title. This chapter will be cited as the Interstate Corrections Compact Act. (Acts 1985, No. 85-752, p. 1247, §1.)
AL Code § 14-13-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 13 - Interstate Corrections Compact.|Section 14-13-3 - Authority of Commissioner of Department of Corrections to Carry Out Compact; Contracts With Other Member States.

Section 14-13-3Authority 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 and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular and he may in his discretion delegate this authority to an official designee. In order to develop an effective corrections policy, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is expressly authorized to enter into contracts with other states that have legally joined into the Interstate Corrections Compact as contained in Section 14-13-2. Said contract shall be negotiated between the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections or his designee and such authority as the other state shall legally designate to negotiate such contracts, and the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is empowered to sign, obligate or otherwise consummate such contracts for the State of Alabama. (Acts 1985, No. 85-752, p. 1247, §3.)
AL Code § 14-14-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act.|Section 14-14-1 - Short Title.

Section 14-14-1Short title. This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Medical Furlough Act. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §1.)
AL Code § 14-14-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act.|Section 14-14-2 - Definitions.

Section 14-14-2Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections. (3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of age or older convicted in this state of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the penitentiary, who suffers from a chronic life-threatening infirmity, life-threatening illness, or chronic debilitating disease related to aging, who poses a low risk to the community, and who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society. (4) PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED INMATE. A state inmate who possesses a permanent, irreversible physical or mental health condition that prevents him or her from being able to perpetrate a violent physical action upon another person or self or initiate or participate in a criminal act. The medical or mental health treatment or need for assistance of such individual must require daily assistance from a caretaker or a long-term skilled medical or rehabilitation center to perform or assist with activities of daily living, such as ambulation, dressing, and bathing and/or must require medications or treatments, such as hemodialysis, to sustain life which require regular diagnostic tests to monitor therapeutic effectiveness. Long-term care and housing needs of such individual with a physical or mental health condition described above must have the potential to exceed the capabilities to provide such need within the confinement of a secure correctional facility within the department. (5) TERMINALLY ILL INMATE. A person convicted of a non-capital felony offense who is sentenced to the penitentiary and who has an incurable condition caused by illness or disease which would, with reasonable medical judgment, produce death within 12 months, and who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §2; Act 2015-185, §3.)
AL Code § 14-14-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act.|Section 14-14-3 - Eligibility for Furlough.

Section 14-14-3Eligibility for furlough. (a) No physical or medical condition that existed at the time of sentencing shall provide the basis for medical furlough under this chapter, unless the inmate has become permanently incapacitated or terminally ill after the date of sentencing. In considering an inmate's eligibility for medical furlough, the department shall take into consideration the age of the inmate at the time the crime was committed. (b) No inmate shall be considered for medical furlough unless the inmate consents in writing to the release after a written explanation of the inmate's medical needs and the availability of medical services, unless the inmate is not capable of consent as determined by a medical professional. (c) No inmate shall be considered for medical furlough unless he or she would be Medicaid or Medicare eligible at the time of release or a member of the inmate's family agrees in writing to assume financial responsibility for the inmate, including, but not limited to, the medical needs of the inmate. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §3.)
AL Code § 14-14-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act.|Section 14-14-6 - Review.

Section 14-14-6Review. This chapter shall not be deemed to grant any entitlement or right to release. Upon denial of release by the commissioner, the commissioner may schedule further review of consideration of medical furlough. No inmate or anyone acting on the inmate's behalf shall have the right to seek judicial review. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §6.)
AL Code § 14-14-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 14 - Alabama Medical Furlough Act.|Section 14-14-7 - Revocation of Medical Furlough.

Section 14-14-7Revocation of medical furlough. The commissioner may revoke a medical furlough granted pursuant to this chapter at his or her discretion. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §7.)
AL Code § 14-15-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-1 - Short Title.

Section 14-15-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act." (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §1.)
AL Code § 14-15-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-2 - Applicability.

Section 14-15-2Applicability. This chapter shall apply to all pro se civil actions for money damages relating to terms and conditions of confinement brought under the laws of this state, or for injunctive, declaratory, or mandamus relief, brought by prisoners incarcerated in any state correctional facility. Nothing in this chapter shall apply to actions brought pursuant to the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure or pursuant to Section 15-21-1.  (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §2.)
AL Code § 14-15-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-3 - Definitions.

Section 14-15-3Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. Written policies adopted or approved by the Alabama Department of Corrections and any private company or contractor providing any services within any correctional facility which establish an internal procedure requiring an inmate to file a written complaint to the department, correctional authorities, or any private company or contractor prior to filing a pro se civil action for claims related to the conditions of confinement or the effect of actions by government officials on the lives of prisoners incarcerated in prison.  (2) AVAILABLE. All administrative remedies adopted or approved by the department and any private company or contractor providing any services within any correctional facility which address claims of the kind asserted by the prisoner even if the administrative remedies do not allow the prisoner the particular kind of relief sought. (3) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Corrections. (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §3.)
AL Code § 14-15-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities.|Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.|Section 14-15-5 - In Forma Pauperis Statuts.

Section 14-15-5In forma pauperis statuts. (a)(1) A prisoner seeking in forma pauperis status shall provide the court with a certified copy of his or her prisoner money account for the preceding 12 months. (2) Any prisoner granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis shall repay any filing fees and pay any taxed costs by making monthly installments, until fully paid, equal to 20 percent of the prisoner's average monthly prisoner money balance for the prior 12 months, or a similarly determined amount if 12 months of account activity is not available. (3) If the court determines the prisoner has had no deposits in his or her inmate trust account for the preceding 12 months, the court shall permit the prisoner to proceed without paying the filing fee and costs. (4) In cases where in forma pauperis status is granted, the filing fee of a pro se civil action shall be taxed to the prisoner at the end of the case. The taxing of costs against a non-prevailing prisoner shall be at the court's discretion. (5) Any prisoner failing to make any payment when due shall have his or her case dismissed without prejudice. (b) The court shall deny in forma pauperis status to any prisoner who has had three or more pro se civil actions or appeals dismissed by any federal or state court for being frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim, unless the prisoner shows that he or she is in imminent danger of serious physical injury at the time of filing his or her motion for judgment, or the court determines that it would be manifest injustice to deny in forma pauperis. (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §5.)