Code of Alabama - Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities - Chapter 5 - Convict Labor

• Article 1 General Provisions.
• Section 14-5-1 "Hard labor for the county" defined
  "Hard labor for the county," as used in this code or any other law of the state, shall include labor on the public roads, public...
• Section 14-5-2 Hiring or leasing of convicts generally
  It shall be unlawful to hire or lease for any purpose any convict, state or county, except as otherwise provided in this article.
• Section 14-5-3 Working convicts in coal mines
  It shall be unlawful to work any convict, state or county, in any coal mine of Alabama.
• Section 14-5-4 Penalty for violating Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3
  Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of Sections 14-5-2 and 14-5-3 shall be, for each violation, guilty of a felony and...
• Section 14-5-5 County convicts - Authority to work generally; lease to persons, firms or corporations prohibited; working in and around public buildings and works
  Nothing in this article shall prevent any county of this state from working its county convicts according to the law as it now exists or...
• Section 14-5-6 County convicts - Drains and drainage districts
  County commissions in all counties of this state may use county convict labor for use in the construction or maintenance of any drains or outlets...
• Section 14-5-7 Work on drains or drainage districts by state convicts
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-8 Agreement to use of convict labor under Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 - County convicts
  The use of county convict labor under the provisions of Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 shall be such uses as may be agreed to by...
• Section 14-5-9 Agreement to use of convict labor under Sections 14-5-6, 14-5-7 and 14-11-2 - State convicts
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-10 Hiring or leasing of convicts by Board of Corrections with state agencies, etc
  The Board of Corrections is hereby authorized to hire or lease convicts to any department, agency, board, bureau or commission of the state on such...
• Section 14-5-11 Employment of state or county inmates by certain persons prohibited; penalty
  (a) No state or county inmate shall be employed by or do any work for: (1) Any district attorney, any judge, or any sheriff; or...
• Article 2 Manual Labor Work Program.
• Section 14-5-30 Legislative intent
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-31 Establishment of community-based manual labor camps
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-32 Mentally or physically impaired inmates to be periodically examined
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-33 Emphasis of program on removal of litter from highways, cleaning of unauthorized dumps and public cemeteries, etc
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-34 Program may be used for removal of litter on private cemetary, church property, and private property where nuisance
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-35 Exemptions
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-36 Work incentive credits; refusal to work or comply with standards
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-5-37 Article does not authorize Commissioner to reduce sentence
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.

Last modified: May 3, 2021