15-22-26.2
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, unless the defendant is released to a term of probation or released on parole under the provisions of Chapter 22 of Title 15: (1) If the defendant is sentenced to a period of five years or less, he or she shall be released to supervision by the Board of Pardons and Paroles no less than three months and no more than five months prior to the defendant's release date; (2) If the defendant is sentenced to a period of more than five years but less than 10 years, he or she shall be released to supervision by the Board of Pardons and Paroles no less than six months and no more than nine months prior to the defendant's release date; or (3) If the defendant is sentenced to a period of 10 years or more, he or she shall be released to supervision by the Board of...
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12-25-31
Section 12-25-31 Statement of purpose. (a) It is essential that Alabama manage its criminal justice system in the manner best able to protect public safety and make the most effective and efficient use of correctional resources. Based on the findings and recommendations of the Alabama Sentencing Commission, the Legislature finds that all of the following are necessary to protect public safety by providing a fair, effective, and efficient criminal justice system: (1) Voluntary sentencing standards used to guide judicial decision makers in determining the most appropriate sentence for convicted felony offenders. (2) The abolition of traditional parole and good time credits for convicted felons. (3) The availability of a continuum of punishment options. (b) The Legislature further finds, based on the findings and recommendations of the sentencing commission, that subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (a) are necessary to best achieve all of the following goals: (1)...
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15-20A-3
Section 15-20A-3 Applicability. (a) This chapter is applicable to every adult sex offender convicted of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5, without regard to when his or her crime or crimes were committed or his or her duty to register arose. (b) Any adult sex offender shall be subject to this chapter for life. (c) This chapter is applicable to juvenile sex offenders who are adjudicated delinquent pursuant to the Alabama Juvenile Justice Act, Sections 12-15-101 to 12-15-601, inclusive, formerly Sections 12-15-1 to 12-15-176, inclusive, Code of Alabama 1975, of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5. (d) A juvenile sex offender adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5 on or after July 1, 2011, shall be subject to this chapter for the duration of time as provided in Section 15-20A-28. A juvenile sex offender adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense as defined in Section 15-20A-5 prior to July 1, 2011, shall be subject to registration and...
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45-9-82.29
Section 45-9-82.29 Written agreement; other terms and conditions. (a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the period of time after which the district attorney will dispose of the charges against the offender in a noncriminal manner or what charges the defendant will plead guilty to and the sentence the offender will receive. If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular offense and receives a specific sentence, this agreement concerning the offense and sentence shall be approved by an appropriate Circuit or District Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit prior to admission of the offender in the pretrial diversion program. The district attorney may recommend that the court withhold adjudication of guilt or...
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15-18-171
Section 15-18-171 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) APPLICATION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES. The criteria and guidelines developed by the Department of Corrections for the establishment of community punishment and corrections programs, the granting of funds for programs authorized herein, and the monitoring, evaluation, and review of programs funded herein. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the authority or the board of directors of a nonprofit entity. (3) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections. (4) COMMUNITY. The county or counties comprising one or more judicial circuits. (5) COMMUNITY PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS AUTHORITY. A public corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (6) COMMUNITY PUNISHMENT AND CORRECTIONS PROGRAM. Any program designed as an alternative to incarceration and maintained by a county commission or an...
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14-14-4
Section 14-14-4 Establishment of furlough program. (a) The department shall establish a medical furlough program. The commissioner shall adopt the rules and regulations for implementation of the medical furlough program. For each person considered for medical furlough, the commissioner shall determine whether the person is a geriatric inmate, permanently incapacitated inmate, or terminally ill inmate. (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an inmate who has not served his or her minimum sentence shall be considered eligible for consideration for furlough under this chapter. (c) This chapter shall not apply to inmates convicted of capital murder or a sexual offense. (d) Medical furlough consideration shall be in addition to any other release for which an inmate may be eligible. (e) The commissioner shall determine the conditions of release of any inmate pursuant to this chapter, including the appropriate level of supervision of the inmate, and shall develop a discharge plan...
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36-18-24
Section 36-18-24 DNA database. (a) The director is hereby authorized and empowered to create and establish a DNA database for the purposes of: (1) Assisting federal, state, county, municipal, or local criminal justice and law enforcement officers or agencies in the putative identification, detection, or exclusion of persons who are the subjects of investigations or prosecutions of sex related crimes, other violent crimes, or other crimes in which biological evidence is received or recovered. (2) Supporting identification research and protocol development of DNA forensic methods. (3) Creating and maintaining DNA quality control standards. (4) Assisting in the recovery or identification of human remains from natural or mass disasters. (5) Assisting in other humanitarian purposes including the identification of missing, deceased, or unidentified persons. (b) The DNA database shall contain DNA records which the director shall deem necessary for the implementation of this article, and also...
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45-2-84.02
Section 45-2-84.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS CENTER. The entity, programs, or physical structure which shall provide the programs or custodial care for eligible persons released from custody prior to the adjudication of their case or sentenced to participate in programs developed pursuant to this part after having been adjudicated and sentenced. (2) BALDWIN COUNTY COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS FUND. A fund established in a local bank and supervised by either the Baldwin County Commission, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, or the Baldwin County Pretrial Release and Community Corrections Board for the deposit of all funds, from whatever source, collected for the operation and supervision of the programs developed and operated pursuant to this part. The agency superintending the Baldwin County Community Corrections Center shall supervise and manage this account. Funds deposited into this...
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45-28-82.29
Section 45-28-82.29 Written agreement; other terms and conditions. (a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, and the period of time after which the district attorney will dispose of the charges against the offender in a noncriminal manner. If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge and receive a specific sentence, an agreement concerning when the plea of guilty will occur, to what charge to which the offender will plead guilty, and any sentence to be imposed, shall be approved by an appropriate circuit or district court judge having jurisdiction over the offender within the judicial circuit prior to admission of the offender in the pretrial diversion program. (b) As a condition of being admitted into...
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12-17-226.10
Section 12-17-226.10 Written agreement; other terms and conditions. (a) In any case in which an offender is admitted into a pretrial diversion program established under this division, there shall be a written agreement between the district attorney and the offender. The agreement shall include the terms of the pretrial diversion program, the length of the program, as practicable as possible, the costs of the program to the offender, and the period of time after which the district attorney must dispose of the charges against the offender. If, as part of the pretrial diversion program, the offender agrees to plead guilty to a particular charge or charges and receives a specific sentence, an agreement concerning when the plea of guilt will occur, to what charges to which the offender will plead guilty, and any sentence to be imposed shall be approved by and submitted to an appropriate circuit or district court judge having jurisdiction over the offender within the judicial circuit prior...
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