Title 14

The State Department of Education shall make a study, with the assistance of the Board of Corrections, of the requirements of establishing and operating schools at the various units of the Board of Corrections. The State Department of Education shall establish and operate such sc…

(a) A formula for the determination of professional units and other operating expenses, based upon eligible students, shall be developed by the State Department of Education. An eligible student under this subsection shall be a person who has not graduated from an accredited high…

All persons incarcerated in the Board of Corrections units who are not high school graduates shall be eligible to attend such school. (Acts 1976, No. 585, p. 796, §2.)

(a) The total costs of operating the schools authorized by this chapter shall be borne entirely by the state and shall be paid from the Alabama Special Educational Trust Fund. (b) Such costs shall be considered annually, upon the recommendation of the State Department of Educatio…

This chapter will be cited as the Interstate Corrections Compact Act. (Acts 1985, No. 85-752, p. 1247, §1.)

The Interstate Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with any and all states legally joining therein, in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially as follows: The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize…

The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections is hereby authorized and directed to do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact in every particular and he may in his discretion delegate this authority to an official designee. In order to develop an…

This chapter shall be known as the Alabama Medical Furlough Act. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §1.)

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections. (3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of age or older convicted in this state…

(a) No physical or medical condition that existed at the time of sentencing shall provide the basis for medical furlough under this chapter, unless the inmate has become permanently incapacitated or terminally ill after the date of sentencing. In considering an inmate’s eligibili…

(a) The department shall establish a medical furlough program. The commissioner shall adopt the rules and regulations for implementation of the medical furlough program. For each person considered for medical furlough, the commissioner shall determine whether the person is a geri…

(a) An inmate, or any concerned person, including, but not limited to, the inmate’s attorney, family, physician, or an employee or official of the department may initiate consideration for medical furlough by submitting to the department an initial medical release application for…

This chapter shall not be deemed to grant any entitlement or right to release. Upon denial of release by the commissioner, the commissioner may schedule further review of consideration of medical furlough. No inmate or anyone acting on the inmate’s behalf shall have the right to …

The commissioner may revoke a medical furlough granted pursuant to this chapter at his or her discretion. (Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §7.)

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act.” (Act 2013-115, p. 231, §1.)

(a) In any civil action with respect to prison conditions, no prisoner release order shall be entered unless both of the following are satisfied: (1) A court has previously entered an order for less intrusive relief that has failed to remedy the deprivation of the right sought to…

This chapter shall apply to all pro se civil actions for money damages relating to terms and conditions of confinement brought under the laws of this state, or for injunctive, declaratory, or mandamus relief, brought by prisoners incarcerated in any state correctional facility. N…

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDIES. Written policies adopted or approved by the Alabama Department of Corrections and any private company or contractor providing any services within any correctional fac…

(a) The department and any private company or contractor providing any services within any correctional facility shall adopt administrative remedies for prisoners. The administrative remedies shall be prominently posted and published to all prisoners. (b) A prisoner incarcerated …

(a)(1) A prisoner seeking in forma pauperis status shall provide the court with a certified copy of his or her prisoner money account for the preceding 12 months. (2) Any prisoner granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis shall repay any filing fees and pay any taxed costs by ma…

(a) In any pro se action in which any defendant is the State of Alabama or one of its officers, employees, or agents, upon the grant of in forma pauperis status or receipt of the filing fee and costs, the prisoner shall serve the office of the Attorney General with a copy of the …

(a) Oral argument on any motion in any prisoner pro se civil action shall be heard orally only at the request of the court. Whenever possible, the court shall rule upon the record before it. (b) No pro se prisoner shall be permitted to request subpoenas for witnesses or documents…

(a) All records maintained by the department in the name of an individual prisoner, including medical records, shall be the property of the department. (b) In any pro se civil action subject to this chapter, where the State of Alabama, an agency of the State of Alabama, an employ…

(a) Damages awarded to a prisoner in connection with a pro se civil action brought against any prison or against any official or agent of such prison shall be paid directly to satisfy any outstanding restitution orders pending against the prisoner. Any remaining amounts shall be …