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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6 - Jails. › Article 4 - Inspection of Jails and Sanitation Requirements Generally. › Section 14-6-109 - Penalty for Violations of Provisions of Article for Which No Other Penalty Provided.

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 of any jail or almshouse or the mayor, chief of police or marshal or member of a city council or other governing board or body who violates any of the provisions of this article for which no specific penalty is provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 or imprisoned in the county jail for 30 days or both.
(Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4876; Code 1940, T. 45, §182.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-1 - Establishing or Joining Regional Jail Authority.

Section 14-6A-1
Establishing or joining regional jail authority.
(a) The county commissions of two or more counties may, by resolution and with the initial consent of their respective sheriffs, establish a regional jail authority for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating a regional jail facility for the counties participating in the regional jail authority.
(b) A county which desires to join an existing regional jail authority may, by resolution and with the initial consent of the sheriff, request participation in the existing regional jail authority. The regional jail authority may by resolution approve the requesting county's participation in the authority, and if approved, the county shall participate with all rights and obligations of the original counties participating in the regional jail authority.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-2 - Powers.

Section 14-6A-2
Powers.
The regional jail authority shall constitute a public body corporate and politic, exercising public and essential governmental functions and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter and including, but not limited to, the following powers:
(1) To sue and be sued in its own name in civil actions, subject to the limitations provided in Chapter 93 of Title 11, and, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, to defend civil actions against it.
(2) To adopt and make use of a corporate seal and to alter the seal at pleasure.
(3) To have perpetual succession.
(4) To make and from time to time amend and repeal bylaws, rules, and regulations to carry into effect the powers and purposes of the authority.
(5) To make, enter into, and execute contracts, agreements, leases, and other instruments and to take other actions as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish any purpose for which the authority was organized or to exercise any power expressly granted under this section.
(6) To acquire, receive, take, or dispose of, by purchase, sale, gift, lease, devise, or otherwise, and to hold property of every description, real, personal, or mixed, that the authority may deem necessary to accomplish its purposes.
(7) To plan, establish, develop, acquire, purchase, lease, construct, reconstruct, renovate, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, and operate a regional jail facility which will serve as the county jail for each member county of the regional jail authority.
(8) To sell and issue bonds in order to provide funds for any corporate function, use, or purpose, pursuant to the same rules and regulations established for water, sewer, and fire protection districts as found in Chapter 89 of Title 11.
(9) To borrow money for any of its purposes.
(10) To appoint, employ, contract with, and provide for the compensation of officers, employees, and agents as the purposes of the authority may require, including, but not limited to, engineers, architects, attorneys, management consultants, private jail management firms, fiscal advisers, and in particular, a superintendent to manage the regional jail facility, and jail personnel as necessary to operate and maintain the facility.
(11) To house all prisoners of the counties participating in the authority in its regional jail facility, and if the facility is sufficient and if space is available over and above space necessary to house prisoners of the participating counties, to receive into custody and house any persons committed under any federal, state, or municipal offense.
(12) To fix, revise, charge, and collect fees for the incarceration of prisoners housed in the regional jail facility from the counties participating in the authority and from any other local, state, or federal governmental entity whose prisoners are housed in the facility.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-3 - Board of Directors.

Section 14-6A-3
Board of directors.
(a) The regional jail authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the following:
(1) Two members appointed by the county commission of the most populous county, one of whom may be a member of the county commission.
(2) One member from each of the remaining counties appointed by the county commission of each respective county, which board member may be a member of the county commission.
(3) The sheriff of each county.
(b) Except with regard to the sheriffs, the members of the board of directors of the authority shall serve at the pleasure of the county commission appointing them.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-4 - Facility to Serve as County Jail; Sheriff's Authority; Employees; Duty of Superintendent.

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 shall serve as the county jail for each county participating in the regional jail authority and shall satisfy the requirements of Section 11-14-10 and Section 14-6-1. The sheriff of each county shall retain his or her authority regarding the custody and transportation of prisoners from his or her county and may cause the removal of any prisoner from the regional jail facility for any purpose authorized by law. The superintendent of the regional jail facility and all jail personnel shall be employees of the regional jail authority unless the facility is maintained and operated by a privately owned jail management firm. The superintendent shall be selected by the sheriff members of the board of directors and shall serve at their pleasure. The superintendent, according to written policies and procedures adopted by the sheriff members of the board of directors, shall have and exercise control and authority over prisoners committed or transferred to the regional jail facility while housed in the facility and shall supervise all jail officers and other employees assigned to the facility.
(b) Upon resolution of the county commission, any county participating in a regional jail authority may continue to keep operational the jail in its county for the limited purpose of temporarily housing prisoners as necessary while awaiting arraignment or other hearing or as otherwise deemed necessary by the sheriff of the county.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-5 - Governmental Entity.

Section 14-6A-5
Governmental entity.
The regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined by subdivision (1) of Section 11-93-1 and the services it performs are hereby declared to be governmental functions. The employees of the authority shall be entitled to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama. Neither the regional jail authority nor any member of its board of directors shall be liable for any tort, whether negligent or willful, committed by any director, agent, servant, or employee of the authority in the construction, maintenance, or operation of any regional jail facility. Neither a county participating in the regional jail authority nor its sheriff shall be jointly or severally liable in tort or otherwise for the actions or inactions of the authority, any member of its board of directors, or any agent, servant, or employee of the authority.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-6 - Scope of Authority.

Section 14-6A-6
Scope of authority.
For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this chapter, any county participating in the regional jail authority may, upon terms and with or without consideration as it may determine, do all of the following:
(1) Lend or donate money to the authority or perform services for the benefit thereof.
(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind.
(3) Do any and all other things permissible by law that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in attaining the objectives of this chapter whether or not specifically authorized in this section.
(4) Pay to the authority the proceeds of any special tax appropriated, apportioned, or allocated to the authority or to or for the benefit of any facility owned or operated by the authority.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-7 - Tax Exemptions.

Section 14-6A-7
Tax exemptions.
The property and income of the regional jail authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the authority may engage. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-8 - Obligations of Authority.

Section 14-6A-8
Obligations of authority.
All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by the authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of any county nor count against the constitutional debt limit of a participating county. This section shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Section 14-6A-9 - Dissolution.

Section 14-6A-9
Dissolution.
At any time when a regional jail authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, and with the prior approval of the county commission of each county participating in the regional jail authority, adopt a resolution declaring its intent that the authority shall be dissolved. Written notice of intent to dissolve shall be immediately delivered to the county commission of each county participating in the regional jail authority. Dissolution shall not take place less than 60 days following the written notice. At the expiration of 60 days and upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the dissolution resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the authority's certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its property shall thereupon pass to and be divided and apportioned among the counties included in the authority.
(Acts 1997, No. 97-441, p. 742, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-30 - Establishing or Joining Regional Jail Authority.

Section 14-6A-30
Establishing or joining regional jail authority.
(a) The municipal council of two or more municipalities, by resolution and with the initial consent of their respective mayors, may establish a regional jail authority for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating a regional jail facility for the municipalities participating in the regional jail authority.
(b) A municipality which desires to join an existing regional jail authority, by resolution and with the initial consent of the mayor, may request participation in the existing regional jail authority. A regional jail authority, by resolution, may approve the requesting municipality's participation in the authority, and if approved, the municipality shall participate with all rights and obligations of the original municipalities participating in the regional jail authority.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-32 - Board of Directors.

Section 14-6A-32
Board of directors.
(a) A regional jail authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of the following:
(1) Two members appointed by the municipal council of the most populous municipality, one of whom may be a member of the municipal council.
(2) One member from each of the remaining municipalities appointed by the municipal council of each respective municipality, which board member may be a member of the municipal council.
(3) The mayor of each municipality.
(b) Except with regard to the mayors, the members of the board of directors of the authority shall serve at the pleasure of the municipal council appointing them.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-33 - Facility to Serve as Municipal Jail; Employees; Duty of Superintendent.

Section 14-6A-33
Facility to serve as municipal jail; employees; duty of superintendent.
(a) After a regional jail facility is operational, the facility shall serve as the municipal jail for each municipality participating in the regional jail authority. Each municipality shall retain its authority regarding the custody and transportation of prisoners from the municipality and may cause the removal of any prisoner from the regional jail facility for any purpose authorized by law. The superintendent of the regional jail facility and all jail personnel shall be employees of the regional jail authority unless the facility is maintained and operated by a privately owned jail management firm. The superintendent shall be selected by the mayor members of the board of directors and shall serve at their pleasure. The superintendent, according to written policies and procedures adopted by the mayor members of the board of directors, shall have and exercise control and authority over prisoners committed or transferred to the regional jail facility while housed in the facility and shall supervise all jail officers and other employees assigned to the facility.
(b) Upon resolution of the municipality, any municipality participating in a regional jail authority may continue to keep operational the jail in its municipality for the limited purpose of temporarily housing prisoners as necessary while awaiting arraignment or other hearing or as otherwise deemed necessary by the mayor of the municipality.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-34 - Governmental Entity.

Section 14-6A-34
Governmental entity.
A regional jail authority is a governmental entity as defined by subdivision (1) of Section 11-93-1, and the services it performs are hereby declared to be governmental functions. The employees of the authority shall be entitled to participate in the Employees' Retirement System of Alabama.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-35 - Scope of Authority.

Section 14-6A-35
Scope of authority.
For the purpose of attaining the objectives of this article, any municipality participating in a regional jail authority, upon terms, and with or without consideration as it may determine, may do all of the following:
(1) Lend or donate money to the authority or perform services for the benefit thereof.
(2) Donate, sell, convey, transfer, lease, or grant to the authority, without the necessity of authorization at any election of qualified voters, any property of any kind.
(3) Do any and all other things permissible by law that are necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate with the authority in attaining the objectives of this article whether or not specifically authorized in this section.
(4) Pay to the authority the proceeds of any special tax appropriated, apportioned, or allocated to the authority or to or for the benefit of any facility owned or operated by the authority.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-36 - Tax Exemptions.

Section 14-6A-36
Tax exemptions.
The property and income of a regional jail authority, all bonds issued by the authority, the income from the bonds, conveyances by or to the authority, and leases, mortgages, and deeds of trust by or to the authority shall be exempt from all taxation in the State of Alabama. The authority shall be exempt from all taxes levied by any county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, license and excise taxes imposed in respect of the privilege of engaging in any of the activities in which the authority may engage. The authority shall not be obligated to pay or allow any fees, taxes, or costs to the judge of probate of any county in respect of its incorporation, the amendment of its certificate of incorporation, or the recording of any document.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-37 - Obligations of Authority.

Section 14-6A-37
Obligations of authority.
All obligations created or assumed and all bonds issued or assumed by a regional jail authority shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of any municipality nor count against the constitutional debt limit of a participating municipality. This section shall not be construed to release the original obligor from liability on any bond or other obligation assumed by the authority.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-38 - Dissolution.

Section 14-6A-38
Dissolution.
At any time when a regional jail authority has no bonds or other obligations outstanding, its board may by affirmative vote of a majority of its members, and with the prior approval of the city council of each municipality participating in the regional jail authority, adopt a resolution declaring its intent that the authority shall be dissolved. Written notice of intent to dissolve shall be immediately delivered to the municipal council of each municipality participating in the regional jail authority. Dissolution shall not take place less than 60 days following the written notice. At the expiration of 60 days and upon the filing for record of a certified copy of the dissolution resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the municipality in which the authority's certificate of incorporation was filed, the authority shall thereupon stand dissolved and, in the event it owned any property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its property shall thereupon pass to and be divided and apportioned among the municipalities included in the authority.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 6A - Multi-County Establishment of Regional Jail Authorities. › Article 2 - Multi-Municipal Establishment of Regional Jail Authoirty. › Section 14-6A-39 - Applicability.

Section 14-6A-39
Applicability.
Notwithstanding any provision of this article to the contrary, the provisions shall not apply to any Class 1 municipality.
(Act 2006-185, p. 1260, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-7 - Purpose of Chapter.

Section 14-7-7
Purpose of chapter.
It is hereby declared to be the intent of this chapter:
(1) To provide more adequate, regular and suitable employment for the vocational training and rehabilitation of the prisoners of this state, consistent with proper penal purposes.
(2) To utilize the labor of prisoners for self-maintenance, reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment, and for initial living expenses upon reentry into the community following release from prison.
(3) To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of prison products directly through established state authorities without possibility of private profits therefrom.
(4) To provide prison industry projects designed to place inmates in working and training environments in which they are able to acquire marketable skills and earn money to off-set the cost of incarceration, make payments for restitution to their victims, provide support for their families, and prepare for their release from prison.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §2; Act 2012-194, p. 322, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-8 - Powers of Board of Corrections.

Section 14-7-8
Powers of Board of Corrections.
THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED BY ACT 2019-454 IN THE 2019 REGULAR SESSION, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2019. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT.
(a) The Alabama Department of Corrections may do all of the following:
(1) Purchase, in the manner prescribed by law, equipment, raw materials, components, and supplies.
(2) Engage the supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain for this state, at a penitentiary, penal farm, or other institution now or hereafter under the control of the department, industries for the utilization of services of prisoners in the manufacture or production of such articles or products as may be needed for the construction, operation, maintenance, or use of any office, department, institution, or agency supported in whole or in part by this state and the political subdivisions thereof.
(3) Promote the department's products and services using any of the following manners:
a. Advertisements.
b. Meals.
c. Other commonly used methods to advertise products or services to the general public.
(b) Purchases of equipment, raw materials, components, and supplies by the Alabama Department of Corrections for the manufacture or production of prison-made goods pursuant to subsection (a) are exempt from purchasing through the Division of Purchasing of the Department of Finance.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §3; Act 2018-248, §1; Act 2019-454, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › 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.

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 the Board of Corrections to obligate any funds to initiate manufacturing in an industry in which it has not been engaged in the past, the board shall issue a press release stating such intent and provide written notice to various trade associations in Alabama calling for a public hearing of all interested parties. The intent of this provision is to give the Board of Corrections the benefit of input from parties who may be affected by the board's decisions but final decision-making authority rests with the board.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-10 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Specifications.

Section 14-7-10
Manufactured or produced articles or products - Specifications.
Any article or product manufactured by the Board of Corrections for sale through the Finance Department to any office, department, institution or agency of the state or to any political subdivision thereof shall be manufactured or produced only upon state specifications developed by and through the Finance Department. However, if such specifications have not been developed by the department, then production may be based upon commercial specifications in current use by industry for the manufacture of such articles and products for sale to the state and political subdivisions thereof which have first been approved by the Finance Department. For purposes of this chapter, state specifications and commercial specifications approved by the Finance Department shall mean the latest complete version of any specification including amendments thereto.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-11 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Prices.

Section 14-7-11
Manufactured or produced articles or products - Prices.
The Board of Corrections and the Finance Department shall fix and determine the prices at which all articles or products manufactured or produced shall be furnished.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-12 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Catalogues; Requests for Manufacture or Production of Additional Articles or Products.

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, at such times as it may determine, catalogues containing an accurate and complete description of all articles and products manufactured or produced by it pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Copies of such catalogues shall be sent to all offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state and made accessible to all political subdivisions of this state referred to in Section 14-7-13.
(b) The Finance Department may at any time request the Board of Corrections to manufacture or produce additional articles or products.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › 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.

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, institutions and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state and political subdivisions thereof shall purchase from the Alabama Board of Corrections all articles or products required by such offices, departments, institutions, agencies or political subdivisions of this state produced or manufactured by the said Board of Corrections with the use of prison labor, as provided for by this chapter, and no such article or product may be purchased by any such office, department, institution or agency from any other source, unless excepted from the provisions of this section as provided in Section 14-7-14. All purchases made by state agencies shall be made through the Finance Department upon requisition by the proper authority of the office, department, institution or agency.
(b) Political subdivisions of this state may purchase directly from the Board of Corrections.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-14 - Manufactured or Produced Articles or Products - Exceptions as to Requirement of Purchase of Articles or Products by State Offices, Etc.

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 (a) of Section 14-7-13 may be made in the case of articles or products produced or manufactured in work shops or home industries developed, supervised or maintained by the adult blind department of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind or in any case where, in the opinion of the Finance Department, the article or articles or product or products produced or manufactured under the supervision of the Board of Corrections do or do not meet the reasonable requirements of or for such offices, departments, institutions or agencies or in any case where the requisitions made cannot be reasonably complied with.
No such office, department, institution or agency shall be allowed to evade the intent and meaning of this section by slight variations from standards adopted by the finance department when the articles or products produced or manufactured by the Board of Corrections in accordance with established standards are reasonably adapted to the actual needs of such office, department, institution or agency.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-15 - Reports as to Purchases by State Offices, Etc.

Section 14-7-15
Reports as to purchases by state offices, etc.
At least 30 days before the beginning of each fiscal year, the Finance Department shall provide to the Board of Corrections summary reports of the kind and amount of articles and products purchased for state offices, departments, institutions and agencies based upon the previous nine months experience. Not more than 100 days following the close of each fiscal year, the Finance Department shall submit to the Board of Corrections a report showing the kinds and amounts of such prison manufactured articles purchased by all state offices, departments, institutions and agencies based upon the purchase experience of the entire previous fiscal year. All such reports shall refer, insofar as possible, to the items or products contained in the catalogue as issued by the Board of Corrections.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-16 - Reports as to Purchases by State Offices, Etc. - Priorities as to Purposes to Which Articles or Products to Be Devoted.

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 rehabilitation of prisoners, the articles or products manufactured or produced by prison labor in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be devoted, first, to fulfilling the requirements of the offices, departments, institutions and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state and, secondly, to supplying the political subdivisions of this state with such articles and products.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-16.1 - Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Organizations Purchase of Goods and Services Offered by Correctional Industries Division.

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 this state which have been granted an exemption under the provision of Section 40-18-32 or approved by the Federal Internal Revenue Service may purchase goods and services offered by the Alabama Correctional Industries Division of the Department of Corrections.
(Acts 1990, No. 90-575, p. 980.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-17 - Reports of Annual Audits by State Auditor.

Section 14-7-17
Reports of annual audits by State Auditor.
In addition to the information ordinarily required by law in the annual audits of expenditures and operations of the Board of Corrections made by the State Auditor, after August 13, 1976 such annual audit reports shall also include a detailed statement of all materials, machinery or other property procured and the cost thereof, the expenditures made during the audited year for manufacturing purposes together with a statement of all materials on hand to be manufactured or in process of manufacture or manufactured, the values of all machinery, fixtures or other appurtenances for the purpose of utilizing the productive labor of prisoners and the earnings realized therefrom during the year.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §11.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-18 - Preparation and Promulgation of Policies as to Administration of Chapter.

Section 14-7-18
Preparation and promulgation of policies as to administration of chapter.
The Board of Corrections shall have the power and authority to prepare and promulgate policies which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of this chapter with respect to matters of administration respecting the same.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-19 - Authorization of Industrial Revolving Fund and Expenditures Therefrom.

Section 14-7-19
Authorization of Industrial Revolving Fund and expenditures therefrom.
In order to carry out the provisions of this chapter, the Legislature shall authorize in its annual appropriations an Industrial Revolving Fund and set the amount therein for the use of the Board of Corrections. The board is authorized to expend such moneys out of appropriations for said revolving fund as may be necessary to erect buildings, improve existing facilities, purchase equipment, procure tools, supplies and materials, purchase, install or replace equipment and otherwise defray the necessary expenses incident to the employment of prisoners as provided in this chapter.
(Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §13.)
2023 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 14-7-20
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 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.)
2023 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 14-7-21
Sale, 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.)
2023 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 14-7-22
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 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 7 - Prison-Made Goods. › Section 14-7-23 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 14-7-23
Construction 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.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-1 - Definitions.

Section 14-8-1
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
(1) BOARD. The Board of Corrections.
(2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Board of Corrections.
(3) STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Such term shall mean and include Draper Correctional Center in Elmore; Frank Lee Youth Center in Deatsville; Atmore State Prison Farm in Atmore; the State Cattle Ranch in Greensboro; Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka and all road camps.
(4) INMATE. A person either male or female, convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of confinement and treatment in a state correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the board.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-2 - Authority to Adopt Regulations and Policies to Implement Program.

Section 14-8-2
Authority to adopt regulations and policies to implement program.
(a) The board is authorized to adopt regulations and policies permitting the commissioner to extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate, as to whom there is reasonable cause to believe he will know his trust, by authorizing him, under prescribed conditions, to leave the confines of that place unaccompanied by a custodial agent for a prescribed period of time to work at paid employment while continuing as an inmate of the institution or facility in which he shall be confined except during the hours of his employment or seeking of employment and traveling thereto and therefrom. Inmates shall participate in paid employment at the discretion of the board.
(b) The board may adopt regulations as to the eligibility of those inmates who are classified as minimum security risks for the extension of confinement or the entering into agreement between the board and any city, county or federal agency for the housing of these inmates in a local place of confinement. The board shall, as the need becomes evident, designate and adapt facilities in the state prison system to accomplish the purpose of this article.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §§2, 3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-3 - Investigations and Recommendations.

Section 14-8-3
Investigations and recommendations.
Employees of the board are authorized to make investigations and recommendations pertaining to the validity of requests for visits, job opportunities for inmates and to otherwise assist the commissioner in the implementation of the program authorized in this article.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §6.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-4 - Limitations on Securing Employment.

Section 14-8-4
Limitations on securing employment.
The commissioner shall endeavor to secure employment for eligible inmates under this article, subject to the following:
(1) Such employment must be at a wage at least as high as the prevailing wage for similar work in the area or community where the work is performed and in accordance with the prevailing working conditions in such an area;
(2) Such employment shall not result in the displacement of employed workers;
(3) Inmates eligible for work release shall not be employed as strikebreakers or in impairing any existing contracts; and
(4) Exploitation of eligible prisoners, in any form, is prohibited either as it might affect the community, the inmates or the board.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-5 - Inmate Not Deemed Agent, etc., of Board of Corrections.

Section 14-8-5
Inmate not deemed agent, etc., of Board of Corrections.
No inmate granted privileges under the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be an agent, employee or involuntary servant of the board while involved in the free community or while going to and from employment, or other specified areas.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-6 - Disposition of Earnings.

Section 14-8-6
Disposition of earnings.
The employer of an inmate involved in work release shall pay the inmate's wages directly to the Department of Corrections. The department may adopt regulations concerning the disbursement of any earnings of the inmates involved in work release. The department is authorized to withhold from an inmate's earnings the cost incident to the inmate's confinement as the department shall deem appropriate and reasonable. In no event shall the withheld earnings exceed 40 percent of the earnings of the inmate. After all expenses have been deducted by the department, the remainder of the inmate's earnings shall be credited to his or her account with the department. Upon his or her release all moneys being held by the department shall be paid over to the inmate.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §4; Acts 1992, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 92-688, p. 74, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-7 - Good Time.

Section 14-8-7
Good time.
Inmates employed under this article shall be eligible for good time credit in the same manner as other inmates under the jurisdiction of the board.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §8.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 14 - Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities. › Chapter 8 - Temporary Release Programs. › Article 1 - Work Release for State Inmates. › Section 14-8-9 - Annual Report; Public Understanding.

Section 14-8-9
Annual report; public understanding.
The commissioner shall prepare an annual report to be filed not later than 60 days following the close of each fiscal year with the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, members of the Legislature and the Legislative Budget Committee showing the operation and administrations and suggestions as deemed advisable. The commissioner will provide public understanding of the provisions of this article as well as promote the cooperation of all state agencies involved in implementing the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §10.)