Code of Alabama - Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities - Section 14-8-1 - Definitions

Section 14-8-1 - Definitions.

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 mean and include Draper Correctional Center in Elmore; Frank Lee Youth Center in Deatsville; Atmore State Prison Farm in Atmore; the State Cattle Ranch in Greensboro; Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka and all road camps.

(4) INMATE. A person either male or female, convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of confinement and treatment in a state correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the board.

(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §1.)

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