Title 14

(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 feeding of prisoners in th…

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 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. (Acts 1923, No. 528…

(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 …

(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 part…

A 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 article and including, but not …

(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…

(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 munici…

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 parti…

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 res…

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.)

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…

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…

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. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4853; Code 1940, T. 45, §159.)

The county commission or city council shall provide adequate janitor service for and shall enforce cleanliness in their respective jails, shall provide bathing facilities separate for males and females, soap and towels, hot and cold water, clean and sufficient bedding and clean c…

The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers of jails or prisons shall enforce cleanliness among the prisoners, and shall compel them to bathe their persons when entering jail and at least once each week while confined therein. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 192…

The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers of jails or prisons or the keeper or manager of the almshouse shall keep their respective jails, prisons and almshouses in a clean and sanitary condition, shall use every means and effort to prevent spitting on the floor…

Any apartment of any jail, prison or almshouse in which any person affected with any infectious, contagious or communicable disease shall have been confined shall be fumigated immediately upon the removal of such person, the fumigation to be done under the direction of the sherif…

The sheriff, the chief of police or town marshal or the keeper or manager of the almshouse shall see that the food for the inmates of the jail, prison and almshouse, respectively, is nutritious, clean, wholesome and of sufficient quantity and variety and shall have all kitchens w…

In the event the Board of Corrections needs the service of a coroner and there is not a coroner in the county, the judge of probate shall appoint a special coroner at the request of the board. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4872; Code 1940, T. 45, §178.)

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…

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.)

(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…

(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 s…

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 Alabam…

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 …

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…

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 Correctiona…

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…

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.)

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 …

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 th…

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 purpo…

(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 i…

(a) In order to implement work-oriented rehabilitation programs in an actual private enterprise work environment, the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections may contract or enter into agreements with private individuals, enterprises, partnerships, or corporations to develo…

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.)

This chapter may be cited as the “Prison-Made Goods Act of Alabama.” (Acts 1976, No. 286, p. 319, §1.)

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 se…

(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, pe…

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 trad…

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 m…

Anyone violating any of the provisions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §11.)