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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-3-13 - Correctional Officers - Oath of Office.

Section 14-3-13
Correctional officers - Oath of office.
Every correctional officer, before performing the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe before an officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath:
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, so long as I remain a citizen thereof; that I will faithfully execute and discharge all the duties required of me as _____ (designating the office), and observe all the regulations of the department for the care and rehabilitation of prisoners, so far as concerns my office; and will, in no case, ill treat or abuse any prisoner under my charge or control, nor inflict upon him or her any other or greater punishment than may be prescribed by the law or the regulations of the department. So help me God."
(Code 1886, §4582; Code 1896, §4456; Code 1907, §6508; Code 1923, §3607; Code 1940, T. 45, §24; Act 2021-480, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-3-14 - Officers and Guards - Powers of Policemen.

Section 14-3-14
Officers and guards - Powers of policemen.
Every officer and guard at any prison has the power of a policeman and may arrest any person who intrudes upon the premises or makes a disturbance near the prison and take him before any magistrate of the county, by whom he may be fined $10 and the costs.
(Code 1896, §4454; Code 1907, §6506; Code 1923, §3605; Code 1940, T. 45, §23.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-3-15 - Officers and Guards - Pursuit and Arrest of Escaped Convicts.

Section 14-3-15
Officers and guards - Pursuit and arrest of escaped convicts.
Every officer and guard, regularly sworn, shall have power to pursue and arrest any escaped convict in any county of this state without a warrant. He may use such force or means as may be required under the circumstances to prevent the convict's escape by flight or to overcome his resistance. He shall have the same authority as a sheriff to summon persons to assist in making such arrest or to protect such convict from any violence after arrest.
(Code 1886, §4580; Code 1896, §4453; Code 1907, §6505; Code 1923, §3604; Code 1940, T. 45, §22; Acts 1951, No. 365, p. 660.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-3-16 - Penalty for Violation of Chapter.

Section 14-3-16
Penalty for violation of chapter.
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for a term not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the judge trying the case.
(Acts 1923, No. 85, p. 67; Code 1923, §3584; Code 1940, T. 45, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-31 - Imprisonment on Commuted Sentence.

Section 14-3-31
Imprisonment on commuted sentence.
The Board of Corrections must receive into the penitentiary, on the written order of the Governor, any convict whose sentence has been commuted, according to law, to imprisonment in the penitentiary, and must confine such person according to the terms of the commutation and the rules and regulations established by law; and, if the Governor shall so direct, the cost of conviction in such case must be paid as in case of sentence to imprisonment in the penitentiary.
(Code 1852, §326; Code 1867, §3874; Code 1876, §4572; Code 1886, §4622; Code 1896, §4469; Code 1907, §6521; Code 1923, §3617; Code 1940, T. 45, §34.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-32 - Federal Prisoners.

Section 14-3-32
Federal prisoners.
The Board of Corrections must receive into the penitentiary all convicts sentenced to imprisonment therein by any court of the United States held in this state, and must safely keep and employ them according to the rules and regulations of the institution until the expiration of the term for which they are sentenced or until they are otherwise discharged by law; and it must account to the Department of Finance for all moneys received for the support of such prisoners.
(Code 1852, §327; Code 1867, §3875; Code 1876, §4573; Code 1886, §4623; Code 1896, §4470; Code 1907, §6522; Code 1923, §3618; Code 1940, T. 45, §35.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-33 - Delivery of Convict by Sheriff.

Section 14-3-33
Delivery of convict by sheriff.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1886, §4610; Code 1896, §4462; Code 1907, §6514; Code 1923, §3610; Code 1940, T. 45, §27.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-34 - Detention of Convict en Route.

Section 14-3-34
Detention of convict en route.
It is the duty of all jailers, on demand of the officer in charge of any convict being conveyed to the penitentiary, to receive and safely keep such convict for the legal charge of feeding prisoners whenever such officer may deem it necessary to have him secured for the night or for any longer time they may be necessarily detained.
(Code 1852, §321; Code 1867, §3869; Code 1876, §4567; Code 1886, §4612; Code 1896, §4464; Code 1907, §6516; Code 1923, §3612; Code 1940, T. 45, §29.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-35 - Information Regarding Convict; Search of Convict's Baggage and Person.

Section 14-3-35
Information regarding convict; search of convict's baggage and person.
It is the duty of the Board of Corrections, upon the reception of any convict into the penitentiary, to take his height, name, age, complexion, color of his hair and eyes, fingerprints, photograph, the place of his birth, the county in which he was convicted, the nature of the crime and the period of imprisonment, all of which, together with the statement of the time when such convict was received, must be entered upon a permanent record. The baggage and person of every convict must be carefully searched, and every instrument by which he may effect his escape shall be taken therefrom.
(Code 1852, §328; Code 1867, §3876; Code 1876, §4574; Code 1886, §4613; Code 1896, §4465; Code 1907, §6517; Code 1923, §3613; Code 1940, T. 45, §30.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-36 - Taking Charge of Convict's Effects.

Section 14-3-36
Taking charge of convict's effects.
The officer in charge of any prison or camp must take in charge any property, money or other thing of value in the possession of any convict at the time of the delivery of such convict to him and shall pay or deliver the same to such person as the convict may in writing direct, to the convict on his discharge or to his personal representative in case of his death previous thereto, and should no personal representative be appointed within six months after his death, then into the State Treasury.
(Code 1852, §329; Code 1867, §3877; Code 1876, §4575; Code 1886, §4614; Code 1896, §4466; Code 1907, §6518; Code 1923, §3614; Code 1940, T. 45, §31.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-37 - Removal From Penitentiary When Judgment Reversed.

Section 14-3-37
Removal from penitentiary when judgment reversed.
When any judgment of conviction is reversed and the case remanded after the convict has been conveyed to the penitentiary, he may be removed to the county in which he was tried by the sheriff of that county, or his deputy, in the same manner in which he was conveyed to the penitentiary; and all the provisions of this code in respect to authority, duty and compensation of officers and escapes, or attempts to escape, by convicts are applicable to such removal.
(Code 1852, §325; Code 1867, §3873; Code 1876, §4571; Code 1886, §4621; Code 1896, §4468; Code 1907, §6520; Code 1923, §3616; Code 1940, T. 45, §33.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-38 - How Sentences to Be Served on Two or More Convictions; Effect of Convict's Conduct Thereon.

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 penitentiary on two or more convictions, unless it is specifically ordered in the judgment entry that such sentences be served concurrently, such sentences shall be cumulative and shall be served consecutively, the first term thereof beginning to run from the date on which such prisoner is received at the penitentiary, reformatory or jail for service of the sentence or at some place of detention to await transportation to the place where his sentences are to be served and his second and subsequent terms, each, beginning on the expiration of the preceding term. When the judgment sentence contains a fixed order that the term shall run concurrently, such sentences shall run concurrently from the date on which such convict is received for serving of the sentences as prescribed above.
(b) In case the prison record of a convict serving two or more sentences consecutively is good, he shall be discharged at the expiration of the last term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced, less any deduction from the sentences accorded him pursuant to Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-3.
(c) In case the prison record of a convict serving two or more sentences concurrently is good, he shall be discharged at the expiration of the longest term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced, less any deduction therefrom accorded him pursuant to Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-3.
(d) In case the record of a prisoner during his term shall not have been good, the director, at his discretion, may revoke any or all of the deductions given under Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-3, whether such convict is serving his terms of imprisonment concurrently or consecutively.
(Code 1852, §260; Code 1867, §3808; Code 1876, §4508; Code 1886, §4620; Code 1896, §4467; Code 1907, §6519; Code 1923, §3615; Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 130, p. 163; Code 1940, T. 45, §32; Acts 1953, No. 832, p. 1124; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1998, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-39 - Guards for Female Convicts.

Section 14-3-39
Guards for female convicts.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1896, §4482; Code 1907, §6536; Code 1923, §3632; Code 1940, T. 45, §43.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-40 - Separation of Convicts - Male and Female.

Section 14-3-40
Separation of convicts - Male and female.
It shall be unlawful to chain together or to confine together in the same room or compartment male and female convicts.
(Code 1886, §4658; Code 1896, §4493; Code 1907, §6547; Code 1923, §3643; Acts 1931, No. 89, p. 166; Code 1940, T. 45, §52.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-41 - Separation of Convicts - Convicts Suffering From Tuberculosis.

Section 14-3-41
Separation of convicts - Convicts suffering from tuberculosis.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1907, §§6534, 6535; Code 1923, §§3630, 3631; Code 1940, T. 45, §§41, 42.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-42 - Removal of Convicts - Insanity.

Section 14-3-42
Removal of convicts - Insanity.
REPEALED IN THE 2015 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2015-70 EFFECTIVE APRIL 21, 2015.
(Code 1852, §349; Code 1867, §3897; Code 1876, §4595; Code 1886, §4634; Code 1896, §4473; Code 1907, §6525; Code 1923, §3621; Code 1940, T. 45, §37.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-43 - Removal of Convicts - Disease or Other Urgent Necessity.

Section 14-3-43
Removal of convicts - Disease or other urgent necessity.
The Board of Corrections may cause the convicts to be removed to such place of security within the state as they may deem expedient whenever the prevalence of any epidemic, infectious or contagious disease or any other urgent necessity may render such removal proper, taking all necessary precautions to insure the safekeeping of the convicts and to prevent escape when removed.
(Code 1852, §298; Code 1867, §3846; Code 1876, §4547; Code 1886, §4663; Code 1896, §4481; Code 1907, §6533; Code 1923, §3629; Code 1940, T. 45, §40.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-44 - Clothing of Prisoners; Feminine Hygiene Products.

Section 14-3-44
Clothing of prisoners; feminine hygiene products.
(a) All prisoners must be clothed during the term of their imprisonment in a comfortable manner in coarse and cheap clothing made in a uniform and peculiar style so as to distinguish them from other persons.
(b) The Department of Corrections shall provide feminine hygiene products to female prisoners at the expense of the department, as soon as is practicable, upon request by the female prisoner.
(Code 1852, §333; Code 1867, §3881; Code 1876, §4579; Code 1886, §4615; Code 1896, §4483; Code 1907, §6537; Code 1923, §3633; Code 1940, T. 45, §44; Act 2019-306, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-45 - Diet.

Section 14-3-45
Diet.
The diet of convicts in quantity and quality must be such as may be directed by the Board of Corrections, and shall be sound and wholesome.
(Code 1852, §335; Code 1867, §3883; Code 1876, §4581; Code 1886, §4617; Code 1896, §4484; Code 1907, §6538; Code 1923, §3634; Code 1940, T. 45, §45.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-46 - Bibles and Other Reading Matter.

Section 14-3-46
Bibles and other reading matter.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1886, §4616; Code 1896, §4485; Code 1907, §6539; Code 1923, §3635; Code 1940, T. 45, §46.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-47 - Employment - Authorized; Regulations; Department Authorized to Establish Posts; Camps, etc., for Labor, Discipline, etc., Programs; Limitations.

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 such places and under such regulations within the state as may be determined by the Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections is expressly authorized to establish posts, camps or stations in conjunction with labor, discipline or rehabilitation programs. The Department of Corrections is authorized to direct inmates to work at any labor and at any site except as provided otherwise by law. The Department of Corrections is further authorized to direct inmates to participate in programs designed to improve their physical or mental or psychological well-being; or programs designed to instill discipline and a sense of responsibility in state inmates and the Department of Corrections is expressly authorized to establish posts, camps or stations to implement such programs.
(b) The Department of Corrections is expressly authorized to adopt rules and regulations to expend funds, to enter contracts and to do any other activity reasonably necessary to establish, regulate and control the programs as outlined in subsection (a) above.
(c) The Department of Corrections shall establish rules and regulations for the operation of these programs as outlined in subsection (a) above to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to protect the public; and in no case shall an inmate convicted of capital murder; rape in the first degree; sodomy in the first degree be placed in a program as outlined in subsection (a) above.
(d) Participation in the programs as outlined in subsection (a) above shall not create any legal cause of action or theory of recovery except as expressly provided for by the constitution of the United States or of Alabama; or by the statutes of the United States or of Alabama.
(Code 1896, §4463; Code 1907, §6515; Code 1923, §3611; Code 1940, T. 45, §28; Acts 1987, No. 87-346, p. 510.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-48 - Employment - Exemptions; Holidays.

Section 14-3-48
Employment - Exemptions; holidays.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1886, §§6541, 6544; Code 1896, §§4619, 4655; Code 1907, §§4487, 4490; Code 1923, §§3637, 3640; Code 1940, T. 45, §50; Acts 1953, No. 834, p. 1125.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-49 - Employment - Working for Themselves.

Section 14-3-49
Employment - Working for themselves.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1852, §340; Code 1867, §3888; Code 1876, §4586; Code 1886, §4653; Code 1896, §4479; Code 1907, §6531; Code 1923, §3627; Code 1940, T. 45, §39.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-50 - Confinement in Unhealthy or Unfit Cells, Etc.

Section 14-3-50
Confinement in unhealthy or unfit cells, etc.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1886, §§6541, 6544; Code 1896, §§4619, 4655; Code 1907, §§4487, 4490; Code 1923, §§3637, 3640; Code 1940, T. 45, §50; Acts 1953, No. 834, p. 1125.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-51 - Punishment - Restrictions Generally.

Section 14-3-51
Punishment - Restrictions generally.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1852, §346; Code 1867, §3894; Code 1876, §4592; Code 1886, §4633; Code 1896, §4472; Code 1907, §6524; Code 1923, §3620; Code 1940, T. 45, §36.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-52 - Punishment - Cruel or Excessive Punishment; Corporal Punishment; Records to Be Kept.

Section 14-3-52
Punishment - Cruel or excessive punishment; corporal punishment; records to be kept.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1886, §4654; Code 1896, §4489; Code 1907, §6543; Code 1923, §3639; Code 1940, T. 45, §49.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-53 - Shackles and Chains.

Section 14-3-53
Shackles and chains.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1886, §4656; Code 1896, §4491; Code 1907, §6545; Code 1923, §3641; Code 1940, T. 45, §51.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-54 - Inquiry Into Management and Treatment of Convicts.

Section 14-3-54
Inquiry into management and treatment of convicts.
The Board of Corrections shall have authority to summon, swear and examine witnesses as to any matter concerning the management and treatment of convicts; and the board may administer the oath of office to guards and employees and may administer oaths as to the correctness of any account or statement in regard to the prison system.
(Code 1886, §4664; Code 1896, §4508; Code 1907, §6562; Code 1923, §3659; Code 1940, T. 45, §63.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-55 - Comments on Prison Management in Presence of Convicts.

Section 14-3-55
Comments on prison management in presence of convicts.
No officer or person holding any appointment, the duties of which are discharged in connection with the prison system, must say anything in relation to the management of any prison in the presence of any convict except to direct him in his duty or to admonish him for delinquency.
(Code 1852, §343; Code 1867, §3891; Code 1876, §4589; Code 1886, §4624; Code 1896, §4494; Code 1907, §6548; Code 1923, §3644; Code 1940, T. 45, §53.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-56 - Commission of Offense During Incarceration - Confinement or Bail.

Section 14-3-56
Commission of offense during incarceration - Confinement or bail.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1852, §355; Code 1867, §3903; Code 1876, §4601; Code 1886, §4636; Code 1896, §4519; Code 1907, §6571; Code 1923, §3666; Code 1940, T. 45, §68.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-57 - Commission of Offense During Incarceration - Evidence of Conviction on Trial.

Section 14-3-57
Commission of offense during incarceration - Evidence of conviction on trial.
On the trial of any convict for any offense committed within the penitentiary or other convict prison or convict camp, the fact of confinement in the penitentiary shall be presumptive evidence of a legal conviction and sentence of imprisonment, and a copy of the transcript of the conviction and sentence filed with the Board of Corrections and certified by it to be correct shall be received as evidence of such conviction.
(Code 1852, §361; Code 1867, §3909; Code 1876, §4607; Code 1886, §4638; Code 1896, §4502; Code 1907, §6556; Code 1923, §3653; Code 1940, T. 45, §57.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-59 - Posting of Regulations and Code Provisions on Escapes.

Section 14-3-59
Posting of regulations and code provisions on escapes.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1852, §362; Code 1867, §3910; Code 1876, §4608; Code 1886, §4639; Code 1896, §4501; Code 1907, §6555; Code 1923, §3652; Code 1940, T. 45, §56.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 2 - Penitentiary. › Section 14-3-60 - Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors.

Section 14-3-60
Spirituous and intoxicating liquors.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1852, §337; Code 1867, §3885; Code 1876, §4583; Code 1886, §4618; Code 1896, §4486; Code 1907, §6540; Code 1923, §3636; Code 1940, T. 45, §47.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 3 - High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems. › Section 14-3-70 - Legislative Intent.

Section 14-3-70
Legislative intent.
It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize the Department of Corrections to install high voltage electrified security fence systems at any medium or maximum security prison facility.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-520, p. 1055, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 3 - High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems. › Section 14-3-71 - Department Authorized to Install High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems.

Section 14-3-71
Department authorized to install high voltage electrified security fence systems.
The Department of Corrections may design and install high voltage electrified security fence systems at any medium or maximum security prison. At the time of installation, there shall be posted universal danger signs on all sides of the system, clearly visible to inmates and the public, displaying the warning, "deadly voltage."
(Acts 1995, No. 95-520, p. 1055, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 3 - High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems. › Section 14-3-72 - Installation.

Section 14-3-72
Installation.
The installation of an electrified security fence shall be between double security fences, with the exception of those locations where a building or wall constitutes a part of the security perimeter.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-520, p. 1055, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 3 - Prison System. › Article 3 - High Voltage Electrified Security Fence Systems. › Section 14-3-73 - Liability of Providers for Injury or Death as Result of System.

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 by this article or the providers of parts for construction of the system shall not be liable for any accident, injury, or death which may occur as a result of the construction or operation of the system.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-520, p. 1055, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-1 - Applicability of Laws and Rules Pertaining to State Convicts.

Section 14-4-1
Applicability of laws and rules pertaining to state convicts.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3675; Code 1940, T. 45, §74.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-2 - Superintendence and Control of Convicts.

Section 14-4-2
Superintendence and control of convicts.
Hard labor for the county shall be under the superintendence and control of the county commission, which shall determine in what manner and on what particular works the labor shall be performed, and all convicts sentenced to hard labor for the county shall be under the direction and control of the county commission when worked in the county where convicted, unless otherwise provided by court order. It may hire sufficient guards for the safekeeping and maintenance of the convicts on the public roads of the respective counties.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Acts 1915, No. 580, p. 630; Code 1923, §§1375, 3676; Code 1940, T. 45, §75.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-3 - Maintenance of Record of Convicts by Board of Corrections; Report to Board by Probate Judge.

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.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3678; Code 1940, T. 45, §77.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-4 - Report of Hard Labor Sentence to Probate Judge.

Section 14-4-4
Report of hard labor sentence to probate judge.
(a) All judicial officers shall, immediately upon the sentence of any person to hard labor for any county, report in writing to the judge of probate of the county for which such sentence is made, the name of such person, the length of his sentence, the date of its commencement and the amount of costs. Any judicial officer presiding over a court that has a clerk may order such report to be made by such clerk.
(b) Any judicial officer or clerk who fails to report in writing to the judge of probate, as required by law, the name of any person sentenced to hard labor for the county, length of such sentence, the date of its commencement and the amount of the costs therein must, on conviction, be fined not less than $25.00.
(Code 1896, §§4543, 5118; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §§6592, 7462; Code 1923, §§3700, 5054; Code 1940, T. 45, §§79, 80.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-5 - Record of Convicts to Be Kept by Probate Judge.

Section 14-4-5
Record of convicts to be kept by probate judge.
The county commission shall provide a well-bound book to be kept in the office of the judge of probate subject, during office hours, to the inspection of the public, in which he shall enter the name of each convict sentenced to hard labor for the county, the place where the convict is to labor and the length of sentence. He shall also keep a record of the convicts sentenced to the penitentiary showing the name, the offense of which he was convicted and the date and termination of his sentence.
(Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1923, §3679; Code 1940, T. 45, §78.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-6 - Work on Public Roads - Rules and Regulations.

Section 14-4-6
Work on public roads - Rules and regulations.
Whenever the county commission of a county deems it to the best interest of the county to use the county convicts in building, repairing and working the public roads of the county, it may so work them under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Board of Corrections, which shall be uniform throughout the state for working county convicts on the public roads.
(Code 1896, §4528; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6581; Code 1923, §3684; Code 1940, T. 45, §81.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-7 - Work on Public Roads - Female Convicts.

Section 14-4-7
Work on public roads - Female convicts.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Code 1876, §4467; Code 1886, §4596; Code 1896, §4530; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6582; Code 1923, §3686; Code 1940, T. 45, §82.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-8 - Work on Public Roads - Tobacco Allowance and Noon Meals.

Section 14-4-8
Work on public roads - Tobacco allowance and noon meals.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1963, No. 537, p. 1155.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-9 - Sentencing of Convicts - How Sentence Served on Two or More Convictions; Effect of Convict's Conduct Thereon.

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 convictions, unless specifically ordered in the judgment entry that such sentences shall run concurrently, such sentences shall be cumulative and such terms and imprisonments shall be served consecutively, the first term thereof beginning to run from the date such convict is received at the county jail or other place of confinement for the service of his sentences, the second and subsequent terms each beginning on the expiration of the preceding term. When it is specifically ordered in the judgment entry that sentences shall run concurrently, such sentences shall run from the date on which such convict is received at the county jail or other place of confinement for service of the sentence. However no person shall be sentenced to hard labor for the county so that the aggregate of the sentences on two or more convictions shall exceed for the crime two years and for costs 15 months.
(b) In case the prison record of a convict serving two or more sentences consecutively is good, he shall be discharged at the expiration of the last term of imprisonment to which he was sentenced less any deductions accorded him pursuant to Sections 14-9-1 through 14-9-3. In case the record of a prisoner during his term shall not have been good, the Board of Corrections, at its discretion, may revoke any or all of the deductions given under the above mentioned sections, and any amendments thereof, whether such convict is serving his terms of imprisonment concurrently or consecutively.
(Code 1852, §233; Code 1867, §3780; Code 1876, §4482; Code 1886, §4588; Code 1896, §4531; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6583; Code 1923, §3687; Code 1940, T. 45, §83; Acts 1961, Ex. Sess., No. 82, p. 1998, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-10 - Sentencing of Convicts - Sentences for Costs.

Section 14-4-10
Sentencing of convicts - Sentences for costs.
Whenever any convict is sentenced by the court and required to do hard labor for the county, an additional sentence not to exceed 10 months in any case for the payment of costs of conviction may be imposed, and the court must determine a reasonable time required to work out such costs. The costs of conviction of county convicts shall be the same as provided by law now in force in the respective counties.
(Code 1896, §4532; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6584; Code 1923, §3688; Code 1940, T. 45, §84; Acts 1961, No. 1017, p. 1596, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-11 - Superintendent of Public Works - Appointment.

Section 14-4-11
Superintendent of Public Works - Appointment.
Should the county commission determine to employ persons sentenced to hard labor for the county, or any part of them, in work on the public roads, public bridges or other public works of the county, it may appoint a Superintendent of Public Works, whose term of office shall expire when his successor is qualified and who shall receive for his services such compensation as shall be fixed by the county commission.
(Code 1852, §224; Code 1867, §3771; Code 1876, §4473; Code 1886, §4601; Code 1896, §4538; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6587; Code 1923, §3695; Code 1940, T. 45, §86.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-12 - Superintendent of Public Works - Bond.

Section 14-4-12
Superintendent of Public Works - Bond.
The Superintendent of Public Works shall also enter into bond payable to the county and approved by the judge of probate, with two good and sufficient sureties, in the penalty of $1,000, conditioned that he will faithfully perform the duties of his office, obey the orders of the county commission and will not voluntarily permit the escape of any of the convicts committed to him.
The bond of the superintendent may be put in an action and prosecuted in all respects as is provided for actions on bonds of other public officers.
(Code 1852, §§227, 228; Code 1867, §§3774, 3775; Code 1876, §§4476, 4477; Code 1886, §§4604, 4605; Code 1896, §§4540, 4541; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §§6589, 6590; Code 1923, §§3697, 3698; Code 1940, T. 45, §§88, 89.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-13 - Superintendent of Public Works - Duties.

Section 14-4-13
Superintendent of Public Works - Duties.
The duties of the Superintendent of Public Works are:
(1) Faithfully to obey and carry out the orders and directions of the county commission;
(2) To see that the convicts committed to him labor faithfully;
(3) Not to overwork or maltreat the convicts;
(4) To see that the food and clothing delivered to him for the convicts are given to them at the proper time;
(5) To see that they are properly housed in inclement weather;
(6) To have proper medicine and medical attention bestowed on them when necessary; and
(7) Not voluntarily or negligently to permit them to escape.
(Code 1852, §229; Code 1867, §3776; Code 1876, §4478; Code 1886, §4606; Code 1896, §4542; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §;6591; Code 1923, §3699; Code 1940, T. 45, §90.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 4 - County Convicts. › Section 14-4-14 - Oath of Superintendent of Public Works and Guards.

Section 14-4-14
Oath of Superintendent of Public Works and guards.
The Superintendent of Public Works and each person employed as a guard over convicts sentenced to hard labor for the county, before he enters upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath before some officer authorized to administer the same: "I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Alabama, so long as I remain a citizen of said state, and that I will faithfully execute and discharge all duties required of me (as superintendent or guard of convicts, as the case may be) and that I will observe all rules and regulations prescribed for the government of convicts, so far as I am thereby directed, and will in no case ill treat or abuse any convict under my charge or control or inflict any other or greater punishment than may be prescribed by said rules and regulations." Such oath shall be filed by the party taking the same in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the convict is sentenced to hard labor.
(Code 1852, §226; Code 1867, §3773; Code 1876, §4475; Code 1886, §4603; Code 1896, §4539; Acts 1907, No. 85, p. 179; Code 1907, §6588; Code 1923, §3696; Code 1940, T. 45, §87.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-1 - "Hard Labor for the County" Defined.

Section 14-5-1
"Hard labor for the county" defined.
"Hard labor for the county," as used in this code or any other law of the state, shall include labor on the public roads, public bridges and other public works in the county.
(Acts 1927, No. 72, p. 52; Code 1940, T. 45, §95.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-2 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts Generally.

Section 14-5-2
Hiring or leasing of convicts generally.
It shall be unlawful to hire or lease for any purpose any convict, state or county, except as otherwise provided in this article.
(Acts 1927, No. 70, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 45, §92.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-3 - Working Convicts in Coal Mines.

Section 14-5-3
Working convicts in coal mines.
It shall be unlawful to work any convict, state or county, in any coal mine of Alabama.
(Acts 1927, No. 70, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 45, §91.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-4 - Penalty for Violating Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3.

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 of Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3 shall be, for each violation, guilty of a felony and be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than 10 years.
(Acts 1927, No. 70, p. 51; Code 1940, T. 45, §93.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General 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.

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 state from working its county convicts according to the law as it now exists or may hereafter be enacted, but no county convict shall be worked in any coal mine or worked under lease to any person, firm or corporation; provided, however, that any county or counties shall have the authority to work such convicts retained by it in and around the courthouse, in and around the jail or any other public building or works of the county.
(Acts 1927, No. 72, p. 52; Code 1940, T. 45, §100; Acts 1955, No. 307, p. 705.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-6 - County Convicts - Drains and Drainage Districts.

Section 14-5-6
County convicts - Drains and drainage districts.
County commissions in all counties of this state may use county convict labor for use in the construction or maintenance of any drains or outlets for drains, for reopening of any filled or partly filled drains or for the construction or maintenance of any levees in connection with drains necessary, desirable or convenient for the full development, preservation and maintenance or use of any drains or drainage district established or now constructed or that may be hereafter established or constructed under the provisions of general laws relating to drainage districts.
(Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 196; Code 1940, T. 45, §101.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-7 - Work on Drains or Drainage Districts by State Convicts.

Section 14-5-7
Work on drains or drainage districts by state convicts.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 196; Code 1940, T. 45, §102.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-8 - Agreement to Use of Convict Labor Under Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 - County Convicts.

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 Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 shall be such uses as may be agreed to by the county commissions in counties that may use convict labor; provided, that such convict labor shall not be used for such purposes unless, after entering an agreement for such use of convict labor on the minutes of the county commission, the agreement with the proposed plan for its operation shall be submitted to the State Health Officer for review as to whether the same may conflict with the public health statutes or rules or regulations of the State Board of Health, and for his opinion on what may be accomplished that will or may contribute to the public health or sanitation. The conclusion as to such finding shall be signed by the said State Health Officer and be filed with the county commission of such county.
(Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 196; Code 1940, T. 45, §104.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-9 - Agreement to Use of Convict Labor Under Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 - State Convicts.

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.
(Acts 1932, Ex. Sess., No. 168, p. 196; Code 1940, T. 45, §105.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-10 - Hiring or Leasing of Convicts by Board of Corrections With State Agencies, Etc.

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 lease convicts to any department, agency, board, bureau or commission of the state on such terms, conditions and at such prices as may be mutually agreed upon. Any department, agency, board, bureau or commission of the state is hereby authorized to contract with the board for the lease or hire of convicts upon such terms, conditions and at such price as may be mutually agreed upon. Any department, agency, board, bureau or commission of the state contracting with the board for the hire or lease of convicts is hereby authorized to expend any available funds necessary for carrying out the provisions of such contract.
(Acts 1943, No. 504, p. 479.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 1 - General Provisions. › Section 14-5-11 - Employment of State or County Inmates by Certain Persons Prohibited; Penalty.

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 or do any work for:
(1) Any district attorney, any judge, or any sheriff; or
(2) Any parent, sibling, or child of any district attorney, any judge, or any sheriff; or
(3) Any business one-third or more of which is owned by any district attorney, any judge, or any sheriff, or any parent, sibling, or child of any district attorney, any judge, or any sheriff.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any state or county inmate from being employed by or doing work for the state or any political subdivision of the state or for any governmental agency or entity.
(c) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law.
(Acts 1988, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 88-907, p. 481, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 2 - Manual Labor Work Program. › Section 14-5-30 - Legislative Intent.

Section 14-5-30
Legislative intent.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-518, p. 1051, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 2 - Manual Labor Work Program. › Section 14-5-31 - Establishment of Community-Based Manual Labor Camps.

Section 14-5-31
Establishment of community-based manual labor camps.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-518, p. 1051, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 2 - Manual Labor Work Program. › Section 14-5-32 - Mentally or Physically Impaired Inmates to Be Periodically Examined.

Section 14-5-32
Mentally or physically impaired inmates to be periodically examined.
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-518, p. 1051, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 5 - Convict Labor. › Article 2 - Manual Labor Work Program. › Section 14-5-33 - Emphasis of Program on Removal of Litter From Highways, Cleaning of Unauthorized Dumps and Public Cemeteries, Etc.

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.
(Acts 1995, No. 95-518, p. 1051, §4.)