Code of Alabama - Title 14: Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities - Chapter 15 - Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act

• Section 14-15-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Prisoner Litigation Reform Act."
• Section 14-15-2 Applicability
  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...
• Section 14-15-3 Definitions
  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...
• Section 14-15-4 Exhaustion of administrative remedies; dismissal of action; waiver of right to reply; pretrial proceedings; limitations
  (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...
• Section 14-15-5 In forma pauperis statuts
  (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...
• Section 14-15-6 Service requirements
  (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...
• Section 14-15-7 Oral arguments; subpoenas; discovery
  (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...
• Section 14-15-8 Maintenance of records
  (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)...
• Section 14-15-9 Damages
  (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...
• Section 14-15-10 Actions concerning prison conditions; prisoner release orders
  (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)...

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