Code of Alabama - Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities - Chapter 1 - Board and Department of Corrections

• Section 14-1-1.1 Department of Corrections - Creation, duties, responsibilities, etc
  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,...
• Section 14-1-1.2 Department of Corrections - Administration of penal and corrections 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....
• Section 14-1-1.3 Commissioner of Corrections - Appointment; salary; duties
  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,"...
• Section 14-1-1.4 Commissioner of Corrections - Qualifications; oath; bond
  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...
• Section 14-1-1.5 Deputy commissioners; appointment; duties; qualifications; salary
  The commissioner shall have the authority to appoint no more than three deputy commissioners who shall serve at his pleasure, and to define their duties....
• Section 14-1-1.6 Release into federal custody of persons whose federal sentence 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...
• Section 14-1-4 Officers and employees generally
  (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,...
• Section 14-1-4.1 Perry County Facility employment and appointments
  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...
• Section 14-1-5 Bond of officers and employees
  (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...
• Section 14-1-7 Administrative divisions; chiefs of divisions
  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...
• Section 14-1-8 Functions and duties - Generally
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-1-9 Functions and duties - Advisor to Governor and Legislature; notice to Governor and Legislature prior to construction of permanent facilities at prisons
  Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-1-10 Functions and duties - Power and authority - Exercise; restrictions
  Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(22), effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-1-11 Functions and duties - Power and authority - Rules and regulations
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-1-12 Treatment, care and segregation of tubercular and other convict 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...
• Section 14-1-13 Fiscal year; annual report; periodic recommendations
  Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
• Section 14-1-14 Corrections Revolving Fund
  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...
• Section 14-1-15 Duties, authority, property, rights, etc., of Board of Corrections vested 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...
• Section 14-1-16 Board of Corrections abolished; rights, duties, powers, property, etc., 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,...
• Section 14-1-17 Governor authorized to exercise functions, designate administrator, 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...
• Section 14-1-18 Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; creation, composition; 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.
• Section 14-1-19 Acceptance and redispensing of unused prescription medications
  (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...
• Section 14-1-20 Hiring and retention of correctional officers
  (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...

Last modified: May 3, 2021