Title 15

(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may, by whatever criteria it deems reasonable, classify certain persons under the supervision of its probation and parole officers as deserving of intensive supervision. Special conditions may be imposed on such persons, individually or as a c…

The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt and promulgate regulations and guidelines to: (1) Establish a program of limited supervision for probationers who qualify addressing eligibility using validated risk and needs assessments, transfers among levels of supervision, to incl…

The mayor, or the chief executive officer if there is no mayor, of any municipality of this state having a municipal court may appoint a parole board consisting of five members, one of whom he shall designate to serve at his pleasure as chairman, and such chairman, shall if in at…

Meetings of the board shall be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and at the call of the chairman, when the business of the board shall warrant additional meetings. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of the business of the b…

The board may remit fines and such costs as are payable to the city, and commute any sentence imposed by the municipal court or any court to which an appeal is taken, may grant paroles and work and educational releases, prescribe the terms upon which persons are paroled or releas…

Parole officers may be appointed to investigate all cases referred by the board to such officers and shall furnish to each parolee under his supervision a written statement of the conditions of his parole, instruct each parolee regarding the same, and keep informed concerning the…

Any prisoner released to work or further his education or training who violates any condition of his release as prescribed by the board may have such privilege revoked by the board. Any prisoner released to work or further his education or training who fails to return to city jai…

The employer of an inmate who is released from custody under a work release program shall pay the inmate’s wages direct to the city finance department. The mayor of the city may adopt regulations concerning the manner of disbursing any earnings of the inmates involved in the work…

Upon the expiration of the period of parole the parolee shall be discharged. At any time during the period of parole the parolee may be arrested for the violation of any condition of his parole, and after a hearing by the board his parole shall be subject to revocation. Any parol…

The provisions of this article are cumulative to the provisions of any other laws and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws not inconsistent herewith. (Acts 1979, No. 79-674, p. 1189, §9.)

This article may be known and cited as “The Rosa Parks Act.” (Act 2006-544, p. 1261, §1.)

(a) A person who, while protesting or challenging within the state a state law or municipal ordinance the purpose of which was to maintain racial segregation or racial discrimination of individuals, was convicted for the protest or challenge, upon application to the State Board o…

The record of a person pertaining only to the conviction for which a pardon is granted under this article shall be ordered transferred by a court of competent jurisdiction to the Alabama Department of Archives and History for confidential keeping upon petition by the person to wh…

This article may be known and cited as the Scottsboro Boys Act. (Act 2013-81, p. 180, §1.)

The purpose of this article is to establish a process for the consideration of posthumous pardons by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for certain felons. (Act 2013-81, p. 180, §2.)

The following words shall have the following meanings for purposes of this article: (1) BOARD. State Board of Pardons and Paroles. (2) CANDIDATE. A person who is considered for a posthumous pardon. (3) PETITION. A document signed by a petitioner requesting the posthumous pardon o…

(a) A person convicted of a Class A or Class B felony in this state shall be a candidate for a posthumous pardon if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (1) He or she is deceased. (2) The person’s circumstances of conviction provide a compelling reason or reasons to con…

For the public welfare, a pardon granted by the board pursuant to this article shall not require formal delivery to and acceptance by the candidate’s family or legal heirs in order to be considered valid. (Act 2013-81, p. 180, §5.)

Nothing in this article, nor any determination made by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles pursuant to this article, shall give rise to any liability from any act or omission of any governmental entity or otherwise give rise to any legal claim, suit, or action, including for…