Title 14 — Title 14

There is hereby created the Alabama Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “the department” which shall have all of the duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, liabilities, property, funds, appropriations, contractual rights and obligations, property ri…

Institutions. The department shall be an administrative department responsible for administering and exercising the direct and effective control over penal and corrections institutions throughout this state. An institution over which the department exercises control may not be le…

The department shall be headed by and under the independent direction, supervision and control of a Commissioner of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “the commissioner,” who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor is hereby authorized t…

The commissioner shall be a person of good character, of good business experience and experience in the administration of correctional systems, shall have no financial interest in any partnership, corporation or association with which the department has any financial dealings and…

(a) The commissioner may appoint no more than five deputy commissioners, who shall serve at his or her pleasure, and the commissioner shall define their duties. The deputy commissioners shall be individuals of good character, with good business, educational, or administrative exp…

Exceeds State Sentence. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall release into the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons, or its authorized representative, any person in the custody of the Department of Corrections whose federal sentence exceeds his or her …

Services. (a)(1) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections may appoint administrators to carry out the operations and management of correctional facilities, including facilities defined in Section 14-2-1, who: (i) shall serve at his or her pleasure; (ii) shall be deemed e…

Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §7.)

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §8.)

Patients Needing Long-Time Hospitalization. The board may also make such changes in the existing arrangements with reference to the segregation and treatment of tubercular patients and other patients needing long-time hospital detention and care who are serving sentences for conv…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1953, No. 202, p. 267, §6.)

There is hereby created from the board’s general operating funds, for the use and benefit of the board, a fund in the amount of $40,000.00 to be known as the Corrections Revolving Fund. The purpose of said fund shall be to pay certain expenses at the general office of the board a…

in Governor. All duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, liabilities, property, funds, appropriations, contractual rights and obligations, property rights and personnel, whether accruing or vested, by operation or by law and which are not in conflict with Sections 14-…

Vested in Governor. Effective October 1, 1979, the Board of Corrections of the State of Alabama is hereby abolished and all rights, all duties, responsibilities, powers, assets, liabilities, contractual rights and obligations and property rights, whether accruing or vested in the…

Set Salary and Designate Duties. All functions and duties of the department shall be exercised by the Governor, acting by himself or by and through such administrative divisions or such officers or employees or individuals as he may designate. The Governor is hereby further autho…

Appointment; Meetings; Quorum; Capital Outlays and Capital Improvements; Compensation; Funding from Oil and Gas Leases. REPEALED IN THE 2018 REGULAR SESSION BY ACT 2018-152 EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2018. THIS IS NOT IN THE CURRENT CODE SUPPLEMENT. History: (Acts 1981, No. 81-764, p. 130…

(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CORRECTIONS FACILITY. Any facility or program controlled or operated by the state Department of Corrections or any of its agencies or departments and supported wholly or in part by state funds…

(a) The Alabama Department of Corrections may establish a program designed to increase correctional officer hiring and retention by offering bonuses or training incentives, or a combination of both, to employees in specified correction officer classifications for remaining employ…

Care. (a)(1) Counties are not financially responsible for the cost of health care provided to a parolee or probationer charged with, or sanctioned or revoked for, a parole or probation violation. (2) The county may submit an invoice to the Department of Corrections for reimbursem…

On or before January 1, 2022, the Department of Corrections shall enter into agreements, and operation shall begin pursuant to the agreements, with at least one residential transition center established pursuant to Section 15-22-30.1 or at least three consenting county jails desi…

Procedures; Liability Coverage. (a) For the purpose of establishing consenting county jails for the housing and care of parolees and probationers pursuant to Sections 15-22-32 and 15-22-54, the Department of Corrections, in consultation with the Alabama Sheriffs’ Association and …

(a) In addition to any reporting requirements under existing law, the Alabama Department of Corrections shall provide to the Joint Legislative Prison Oversight Committee quarterly reports that include all of the following: (1) A report containing statistical data that would allow…

The Department of Corrections may expend funds appropriated for the department to procure services, materials, and items needed for programs and events of the department related to any of the following: (1) Recruitment, training, and retention of law enforcement officers and supp…

(a) The department may appoint officers and employees as it may require for the performance of its duties and shall fix and determine their qualifications, duties, and authority. The employees of the department, except the commissioner, the deputy commissioners, appointed adminis…

Upon the acquisition of the Perry County Facility by the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority, as provided in Chapter 2, the Department of Corrections shall employ all otherwise eligible employees below the rank of captain, through provisional appointments, persons w…

Safety. Any Department of Corrections officer certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, including a K-9 handler, may use a police animal or search and rescue animal, as defined in Section 13A-11-260, to assist any law enforcement agency with publ…

(a) The board shall require its officers and employees and those of institutions under its charge or control who may be charged with the handling of any public moneys to give bond to the state in a sum to be prescribed by the board, conditioned faithfully to account for all money…

The board shall have the power to create within the board such divisions as may be necessary for its effective administration. Each division in the board shall be headed by and be under the direction, supervision and control of an officer who shall be designated as the chief of s…

Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §3.)

Governor and Legislature Prior to Construction of Permanent Facilities at Prisons. Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015. History: (Acts 1939, No. 91, p. 118; Code 1940, T. 45, §6; Acts 1951, Ex. Sess., No. 10, p. 176; Acts 1978, No. 595, p. 717, §3.)

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. The public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. (2) COMMISSION. The Building Commission created by Section 41-9…

In anticipation of issuance of bonds under this chapter, the authority may, from time to time, borrow such sums as may be needed, not exceeding $1,000,000.00 in aggregate principal amount, for any of the purposes for which bonds are authorized to be issued under this chapter and …

The bonds and notes of the authority shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of either its president or its treasurer, as shall be provided in the resolution under which such securities shall be issued, and the seal of the authority or a facsimile thereof shall be …

(a) The authority is hereby authorized, from time to time, to sell and issue, in addition to all bonds heretofore authorized to be issued by the authority, its bonds in such aggregate principal amounts as may be determined by the corporation to be necessary for the purpose of pro…

The authority may, from time to time, sell and issue its refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any matured or unmatured bonds of the authority at the time outstanding and any premiums necessary to be paid to redeem any such bonds so to be refunded. Such refunding bonds sha…

Debt Service; Average Maturity of Refunding Bonds. It is hereby further provided that no refunding bonds as provided for by Section 14- 2-13 shall be issued unless the present value of all debt service on the refunding bonds (computed with a discount rate equal to the bond yield …

Any bonds of the authority may be executed and delivered by it at any time and from time to time, shall be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities, shall bear such rate or rates of interest payable and evidenced in such manner, may contain provisions for r…

(a) Any resolution or indenture of trust authorizing any bonds under this chapter shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, which recital shall be conclusive evidence that said bonds have been duly authorized pursuant to the provisio…

Bonds of the authority may be sold at such price or prices and at such time or times as the authority may consider advantageous, at public sale, private sale, or via negotiation. Bonds of the authority sold by competitive bid must be sold, whether on sealed bids or at public auct…

The bonding authority provided herein must file a report, in concise, simple language to each legislator between the first and the twelfth legislative day of each legislative session which shall reflect the date of the issuance of the bonds, total amount of the bonds, maturity da…

Any surplus in any state fund and any retirements or trust fund, where the investment thereof is permitted or required by law, may be invested in bonds issued by the authority. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or the document which is the source …

Any bonds issued by the authority may be used by the holders thereof as security for deposits of any funds belonging to the state or to any instrumentality, agency or political subdivision of the state in any instance where security for such deposits may be required or permitted …

(a) All proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds, except refunding bonds, sold by the authority, remaining after payment of the expenses of issuance thereof, shall be turned over to the State Treasurer, shall be carried in a special account to the credit of the authority, and …

It is the intent of the Legislature, by the passage of this chapter, to authorize the incorporation of the Governor, the Commissioner of Corrections, the Director of Finance, the Lieutenant Governor and the Attorney General as a public corporation for the purposes of acquiring la…

Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds which the board of directors of the authority may determine is not then needed for any of the purposes for which the bonds are authorized to be issued shall, on order of the authority, be invested by the Sta…

(a) The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds of the authority shall be secured by any or all of the following, as the authority may determine: (1) The rent and revenue for the use of one or more facilities of the authority; (2) The net rent or sale proceeds fr…

If there be any default by the authority in the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or in any of the agreements on the part of the authority which may properly be included in any resolution or indenture of trust securing such bonds, any holder of any of the bonds…

All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are not registered as to both princ…

All obligations incurred by the authority and all bonds and notes issued by it shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority, payable solely from the revenues and income which may under the provisions of this chapter be pledged to the payment thereof. No obligati…

Consideration Therefor. The Governor of the state is authorized to execute and deliver, at any time and from time to time, an appropriate deed or deeds conveying to the authority: (1) The Kilby property, (2) Any unimproved real property belonging to the state in any county which …