Code of Alabama - Title 15: Criminal Procedure - Chapter 22 - Pardons, Paroles, and Probation
- Article 1 General Provisions.
- Article 2 Pardons and Paroles.
- Section 15-22-20 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Creation; composition; compensation
(a) There shall be a Board of Pardons and Paroles which shall consist of three members. The membership of the board shall be inclusive and...
- Section 15-22-21 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Appointment and duties of director
(a) The Governor shall appoint a Director of Pardons and Paroles, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (b) The Director of Pardons...
- Section 15-22-22 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Furnishing of offices and supplies, etc
The necessary office quarters, supplies, stationery and equipment shall be provided for the Board of Pardons and Paroles in the manner that the same are...
- Section 15-22-23 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Meetings; conditions to board actions; due notice
(a) Meetings of the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be held at the call of the chairman or as may be determined by the...
- Section 15-22-24 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Duties retirement of parole officers; representation of applicant by state official; supervision and treatment; training requirements
(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles, hereinafter referred to as "the board," shall be charged with the duty of determining, through use of a...
- Section 15-22-25 Investigation and report on sentenced prisoner's social and criminal records
(a) As to each prisoner sentenced and received in the jails and prisons of the State of Alabama, it shall be the duty of the...
- Section 15-22-26 Standards for release of prisoners on parole
(a) No prisoner shall be released on parole merely as a reward for good conduct or efficient performance of duties assigned in prison, but only...
- Section 15-22-26.1 Hearing officers
(a) The position of Board of Pardons and Paroles Administrative Hearing Officer is created and established, subject to provisions of the state Merit System. (b)...
- Section 15-22-26.2 Mandatory supervision period on certain sentences
(a) A convicted defendant sentenced to a period of confinement under the supervision of the Department of Corrections shall be subject to the following provisions,...
- Section 15-22-27 Pardon or parole of person having death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
(a) Any person whose sentence to death has been commuted by the Governor shall not be eligible for a pardon unless sufficient evidence is presented...
- Section 15-22-27.1 Parole of persons convicted of certain felonies or attempts and having been previously convicted of felonies or attempts resulting in serious physical injury
Any person convicted of any act, or attempt to commit the act, of murder, rape, robbery or assault with a deadly weapon, the commission of...
- Section 15-22-27.2 Parole of persons sentenced to life imprisonment upon second convictions of Class A felonies
In all cases where a criminal defendant has been convicted of a Class A felony committed after a previous conviction of another Class A felony,...
- Section 15-22-27.3 Parole of persons convicted of sex offense involving a child
Any person convicted of a sex offense involving a child as defined in subdivision (26) of Section 15-20A-4 which constitutes a Class A or B...
- Section 15-22-27.4 Parole of persons convicted of sex offense involving person under 13 years of age - Chemical castration treatment
(a) As used in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CHEMICAL CASTRATION TREATMENT. The receiving of medication, including, but not...
- Section 15-22-28 Investigation for parole; temporary leave; parole restrictions
(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, upon its own initiative, to make an investigation of any and all...
- Section 15-22-29 Conditions of parole; adoption of rules concerning conditions
(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles, in releasing a prisoner on parole, shall specify in writing the conditions of his parole, and a copy...
- Section 15-22-29.1 High intensity probation
Prior to January 30, 2016, the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall collaborate with the Alabama Sentencing Commission to define and establish the fundamental terms...
- Section 15-22-30 Charging parolees residing in community residential facilities for room and board
(a) The State Board of Pardons and Paroles is authorized to charge each parolee resident of a community residential facility a monthly amount for room...
- Section 15-22-31 Warrant for retaking parolee; arrest without warrant; execution of warrant and fees therefor
(a) If the parole officer having charge of a paroled prisoner or any member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles shall have reasonable cause...
- Section 15-22-32 Parole court; hearing officers; sanctions; delegation of authority
(a) Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a prisoner who has been paroled has violated his or her parole, the Board of Pardons...
- Section 15-22-33 Discharge from parole; relief from reports; permission to leave state or county
No person released on parole shall be discharged from parole prior to the expiration of the full maximum term for which he or she was...
- Section 15-22-34 Furnishing of records by Board of Corrections
The Board of Pardons and Paroles may call upon the Board of Corrections for complete records kept of every prisoner released on parole, including such...
- Section 15-22-35 Cooperation with courts by parole officers
Parole officers employed by the Board of Pardons and Paroles, in addition to supervision of parolees under the direction of the board, shall cooperate with...
- Section 15-22-36 Authority to grant pardons and paroles, remit fines and forfeitures, etc.; notice of board action
(a) In all cases, except treason and impeachment and cases in which sentence of death is imposed and not commuted, as is provided by law,...
- Section 15-22-36.1 Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote
(a) Any other provision of law notwithstanding, any person, regardless of the date of his or her sentence, may apply to the Board of Pardons...
- Section 15-22-36.2 Victim Notification Implementation Task Force
(a) There is hereby created the Victim Notification Implementation Task Force to guide and support the implementation of a statewide automated victim notification system in...
- Section 15-22-36.3 Notification of participation by inmate in furlough, leave, or program
Prior to an inmate's participation in a work release program or supervised reentry program established under Chapter 8 of Title 14, participation in a community...
- Section 15-22-37 Rulemaking authority
(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may adopt rules, not inconsistent with the provisions of this article, touching upon all matters dealt with in...
- Section 15-22-38 Duties of board mandatory; powers strictly construed
The duties imposed upon the members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles by this article are mandatory, and the limitations and restrictions on the...
- Section 15-22-39 Penalty for neglecting or failing to perform duty
Any member of the Board of Pardons and Paroles who knowingly or willfully neglects or fails to perform any duty enjoined upon him by the...
- Section 15-22-40 When pardon, etc., null and void
Any pardon, parole, remission of a fine or forfeiture or restoration of civil and political rights granted, ordered or made contrary to the provisions of...
- Article 2A Alabama Medical Parole Act
- Article 3 Probation.
- Section 15-22-50 Authority of circuit and district courts to suspend sentence and place convicted person on probation
Circuit courts and district courts, subject to the provisions and conditions hereinafter provided, may suspend execution of sentence and place on probation any person convicted...
- Section 15-22-51 Investigation by probation officer
(a) When directed by the court, a probation officer shall fully investigate and report to the court in writing the circumstances of the offense, criminal...
- Section 15-22-52 Conditions of probation
The court shall determine and may at any time modify the conditions of probation and shall include among them the following or any other conditions....
- Section 15-22-53 Powers and duties of probation officers; restrictions on inspection of records, reports, etc., of probation officers
(a) A probation officer shall investigate all cases referred to him or her for investigation by any court or by the Board of Pardons and...
- Section 15-22-54 Period of probation; termination of probation; violation of terms of probation; sanctions
(a) The period of probation or suspension of execution of sentence shall be determined by the court and shall not be waived by the defendant,...
- Section 15-22-54.1 Resentencing
(a) Any person now serving a prison sentence based on revocation of probation who would have been an eligible offender as defined in Section 15-22-54...
- Section 15-22-55 Assessment and payment of court costs of termination of probation proceedings
All costs of court, including witness fees, relating to a termination of probation proceeding shall be assessed and paid in the same manner as if...
- Section 15-22-56 Intensive supervision program; fee
(a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may, by whatever criteria it deems reasonable, classify certain persons under the supervision of its probation and parole...
- Section 15-22-57 Promulgation of regulations and guidelines
The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall adopt and promulgate regulations and guidelines to: (1) Establish a program of limited supervision for probationers who qualify...
- Article 4 Municipal Parole Boards.
- Section 15-22-70 Mayor may appoint parole board; membership, terms, etc
The mayor, or the chief executive officer if there is no mayor, of any municipality of this state having a municipal court may appoint a...
- Section 15-22-71 Board meetings, quorum; number required for approval
Meetings of the board shall be held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and at the call of the chairman, when the...
- Section 15-22-72 Authority and duties; actions in writing
The board may remit fines and such costs as are payable to the city, and commute any sentence imposed by the municipal court or any...
- Section 15-22-73 Appointment of parole officers; duties and powers; reports, records, etc., privileged
Parole officers may be appointed to investigate all cases referred by the board to such officers and shall furnish to each parolee under his supervision...
- Section 15-22-74 Work and educational releases; revocation; deemed escapee
Any prisoner released to work or further his education or training who violates any condition of his release as prescribed by the board may have...
- Section 15-22-75 Work release wages; payable to city; withholding confinement costs; disbursing balance
The employer of an inmate who is released from custody under a work release program shall pay the inmate's wages direct to the city finance...
- Section 15-22-76 Discharge; arrest for violation of parole, with or without warrant; brought before parole officer; hearing; serving sentence upon revocation
Upon the expiration of the period of parole the parolee shall be discharged. At any time during the period of parole the parolee may be...
- Section 15-22-77 Provisions of article cumulative; not repealer
The provisions of this article are cumulative to the provisions of any other laws and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws...
- Article 5 Commutation of Convictions for Protesting Racial Segregation and Discrimination Laws and Ordinances.
- Article 6 The Scottsboro Boys Act.
Last modified: May 3, 2021