Title 14 — Title 14

The sheriff has the legal custody and charge of the jail in his or her county and all prisoners committed thereto, except in cases otherwise provided by law. The sheriff may employ persons to carry out his or her duty to operate the jail and supervise the inmates housed therein f…

(a) When it becomes necessary to remove any prisoner from the jail of one county to another, in any case by law provided, the sheriff, or other officer having charge of such prisoner, has authority, and it is his duty, to summon such guards as may be necessary to prevent an escap…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4873; Code 1940, T. 45, §179.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4874; Code 1940, T. 45, §180.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4875; Code 1940, T. 45, §181.)

Each county jail or town or city prison must be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners confined therein and must contain separate apartments for men and for women. It shall be fireproof, properly ventilated, sufficiently lighted by day and nigh…

The expense incident to the construction, maintenance, sanitation, healthfulness and hygiene of each county jail and prison in this state shall be paid out of the funds of the county in which such institution is located and of the town or city if the institution is a town or city…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4879; Code 1940, T. 45, §185.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1923, §4880; Code 1940, T. 45, §186.)

Orders of Board of Corrections. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1923, §4881; Code 1940, T. 45, §187.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1923, §4882; Code 1940, T. 45, §188.)

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 p…

When the county jail is insecure or insufficient and there is reason to apprehend an escape, the sheriff has authority, and it is his duty, to summon as many guards as may be necessary to prevent an escape. History: (Code 1852, §251; Code 1867, §3799; Code 1876, §4499; Code 1886,…

When a convict is sentenced to confinement in the county jail on two or more convictions, the imprisonment on the second, and on each subsequent conviction, must commence at the termination of the imprisonment on the preceding sentence. History: (Code 1852, §247; Code 1867, §3795…

Men and women prisoners, except husband and wife, must not be kept in the same room or apartment. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4856; Code 1940, T. 45, §122.)

It is the duty of the sheriff, on the first day of each session of the circuit court of his county, to make out and deliver to the presiding judge a certified list of the names of all the prisoners confined in the jail and of the offenses with which they are charged or of which t…

Clerk of Circuit Court. When a prisoner is committed to the county jail, it is the duty of the sheriff of such county, in person or by deputy, to report in writing to the clerk of the circuit court of such county, within 10 days next succeeding the commitment, the name of such pr…

It is the duty of the sheriff or of the jailer under his direction to file in regular order and safely preserve the process or order by which any prisoner is committed to jail or discharged therefrom or an attested copy of such process or order. History: (Code 1852, §238; Code 18…

Any person committed to jail may furnish his own support, under such precautions as may be adopted by the jailer to prevent escapes. The sheriff must furnish support to those prisoners who do not provide it for themselves. History: (Code 1852, §242; Code 1867, §3790; Code 1876, §…

No person confined in jail must, on any pretext whatever, be furnished with or allowed to receive any spirituous, malt or vinous liquors except on the written order of a physician, stating that such liquor is necessary for his health. Any jailer, sheriff, deputy or other person w…

The sheriff of a county shall provide to prisoners at the expense of the county, all of the following: (1) Necessary clothing and bedding. (2) Necessary medicine and medical attention to those prisoners who are sick or injured, when they are unable to provide them for themselves.…

Postpartum Period. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CUSTODIAN. A warden, sheriff, jailer, deputy sheriff, police officer, or any other law enforcement officer. (2) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. A physician as defined in Section 34…

On the death, resignation, removal from office or expiration of term of office of any sheriff, or of any coroner acting as sheriff, the jail must be delivered over to his successor or to the person authorized by law to take charge of it, together with the prisoners therein, the f…

(a) The county commission in each county in this state may elect a physician, or as many physicians as in its discretion may be necessary, to attend the inmates of the jails in such counties and county convict camps. (b) The county commission shall fix and determine the term or t…

Whoever, being a sheriff, jailer or other person having the care and custody of any jail, workhouse, prison or other lawful place of confinement, suffers the same to become foul or unclean shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100. History: (Code 1923, §…

Costs; Amount and Method of Payment; Payment of Costs as Condition of Probation, Etc., Authorized; Procedure Upon Default; Disposition of Costs. (a)(1) A court shall require a convicted defendant in a misdemeanor case to pay housing, maintenance and medical costs associated with …

In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons: (1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses; (2) Convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until t…

The sheriff or jailer must, if the jail of the county is sufficient, receive into his custody any person committed under any criminal charge or offense against the United States and safely keep such prisoner, according to the order or process of commitment, until duly discharged …

The sheriff of the county, except as otherwise provided by existing laws, in his or her official capacity, in person or by his or her deputy or jailer, shall be responsible for the feeding of prisoners in the jail under his or her jurisdiction in accordance with the terms of this…

(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Corrections to supervise, either in person or by deputy, the feeding of all prisoners in the jails of this state. The sheriffs shall not be required to prepare and make out what is commonly known as the daily ration sheet or expense accoun…

(a) Food and the services for preparing food, serving food, and other services incident to the feeding of prisoners in the county jail shall be paid for by the state as follows: (1) Two dollars twenty-five cents ($2.25) per day for each prisoner. (2) Beginning October 1, 2024, tw…

REPEALED BY ACT 2019-133, § 2, EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2019. History: (Acts 1923, No. 528, p. 704; Code 1923, §4828; Acts 1935, No. 203, p. 595; Code 1940, T. 45, §145.)

Disposition of Funds. (a) The Prisoner Feeding Fund is established in the office of each sheriff. Except as provided in subsection (b), all state monies received in the sheriff’s office for food and services in preparing food, serving food, and other services incident to the feed…

The sheriff shall be the custodian of all funds paid into the Prisoner Feeding Fund pursuant to Section 14-6-47, which funds shall be public funds of the office of the sheriff. Any unexpended monies in the Prisoner Feeding Fund on the effective date of any new term of office shal…

Any jailer or other officer who willfully refuses to receive into his custody any person lawfully committed thereto on any criminal charge or conviction must, on conviction, be fined not more than $500. History: (Code 1852, §31; Code 1867, §3572; Code 1876, §4129; Code 1886, §397…

Any member of a county commission, sheriff or deputy 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 nor more than $100. History: (Acts 1923…

(a) The Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund is established and seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) is automatically appropriated into the fund each state fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. (b) The state Comptroller shall transfer monies …

In all criminal cases, either before or after conviction, and in cases of contempt, if it is shown to the court, judge or committing magistrate that the jail of the proper county is insecure or insufficient for the safekeeping of the prisoner or that there is no jail in the count…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1915, No. 387, p. 354; Code 1923, §4838; Code 1940, T. 45, §156.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1915, No. 387, p. 354; Code 1923, §4840; Code 1940, T. 45, §158.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1915, No. 387, p. 354; Code 1923, §4839; Code 1940, T. 45, §157.)

If the jail of any county is destroyed, or becomes insufficient or unsafe, or any epidemic dangerous to life is prevalent in the vicinity or there be danger of rescue or lawless violence to any prisoner, any circuit court judge may, on the application of the sheriff and proof of …

When the county jail or any building contiguous thereto is on fire and there is reason to apprehend that the prisoners may be thereby injured or endangered, the sheriff or jailer may remove them to a safe and convenient place and confine them there so long as may be necessary to …

The only town or city prisons embraced within the provisions of this article are such as are in towns or cities of 10,000 or more population, according to the most recent federal census. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4853; Code 1940, T. 45, §159.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1907, §7215; Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4852; Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §160.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4854; Code 1940, T. 45, §161.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4855; Code 1940, T. 45, §162.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1907, §7216; Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4857; Code 1940, T. 45, §163.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Code 1907, §7217; Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4858; Code 1940, T. 45, §164.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4859; Acts 1927, No. 595, p. 693; Code 1940, T. 45, §165.)