15-18-175
Section 15-18-175 Eligibility; exclusion; sentencing. (a) An offender who meets one
of the following minimum criteria shall be considered eligible for punishment in the community
under this article: (1) Persons who, without this option, would be incarcerated in a correctional
institution or who are currently incarcerated in a correctional institution. (2) Persons who
are convicted of misdemeanors. (b) The following offenders are excluded from consideration
for punishment in the community: (1) Persons who are convicted of offenses as listed in subdivision
(14) of Section 15-18-171. (2) Persons who demonstrate a pattern of violent behavior.
In reaching this determination, the court may consider prior convictions and other acts not
resulting in conviction or criminal charges, and the offender's behavior while in state or
county confinement. (c) The eligibility criteria established in this section shall
be interpreted as guidelines for the benefit of the court in making a determination of...

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15-18-8
Section 15-18-8 Terms of confinement, etc.; probation. (a) When a defendant is convicted
of an offense, other than a sex offense involving a child as defined in Section 15-20A-4,
that constitutes a Class A or Class B felony offense, and receives a sentence of 20 years
or less in any court having jurisdiction to try offenses against the State of Alabama and
the judge presiding over the case is satisfied that the ends of justice and the best interests
of the public as well as the defendant will be served thereby, he or she may order: (1) That
a defendant convicted of a Class A or Class B felony be confined in a prison, jail-type institution,
or treatment institution for a period not exceeding three years in cases where the imposed
sentence is not more than 15 years, and that the execution of the remainder of the sentence
be suspended notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary and that the defendant
be placed on probation for such period and upon such terms as the court...
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15-18-180
Section 15-18-180 Funding for community-based programs, facilities, services; user fees;
inmate wages. (a) Community punishment and corrections funds may be used to develop or expand
the range of community punishments and services at the local level. Community-based programs
should utilize evidence-based practices, as defined in Section 12-25-32, in the treatment
and supervision of program participants. The supervision and treatment of each program participant
is expected to be based on the participant's anticipated risk of reoffending, as determined
through a validated risk and needs assessment as defined in Section 12-25-32, administered
by the program. Supervision and treatment of program participants should include the following:
(1) Use of a validated risk and needs assessment; (2) Use of assessment results to provide
guidance for determining the appropriate level of supervision responses consistent with the
levels of supervision and evidence-based practices reasonably anticipated...
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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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12-25-32
Section 12-25-32 Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following terms
have the following meanings: (1) COMMISSION. The Alabama Sentencing Commission, established
as a state agency under the Supreme Court by this chapter. (2) CONTINUUM OF PUNISHMENTS. An
array of punishment options, from probation to incarceration, graduated in restrictiveness
according to the degree of supervision of the offender including, but not limited to, all
of the following: a. Active Incarceration. A sentence, other than an intermediate punishment
or unsupervised probation, that requires an offender to serve a sentence of imprisonment.
The term includes time served in a work release program operated as a custody option by the
Alabama Department of Corrections or in the Supervised Intensive Restitution program of the
Department of Corrections pursuant to Article 7, commencing with Section 15-18-110,
of Chapter 18 of Title 15. b. Intermediate Punishment. A sentence that may include assignment
to any...
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14-13-2
Section 14-13-2 Adoption and text of Interstate Corrections Compact. The Interstate
Corrections Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the State of Alabama with
any and all states legally joining therein, in accordance with its terms, in the form substantially
as follows: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT Article I (Purpose and Policy) The party states,
desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and
provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of various types
of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities
and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests
of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational
costs. The purpose of this compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution
of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment and...
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36-18-25
Section 36-18-25 Collection of DNA samples from convicted persons. (a) All persons convicted
of a criminal offense as set out in Section 36-18-24 shall, when requested by the director
submit to the taking of a DNA sample or samples as may be specified by the director, provided,
however, the director shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for
the purposes of ensuring that DNA samples are collected in a medically approved manner. (b)
As of May 6, 1994, all persons serving any sentence of probation for any of the offenses set
out in Section 36-18-24 shall, when requested by the director, submit to the taking
of a DNA sample or samples as specified by the director. Upon the refusal of any such person
to so submit the sentencing court shall order such submission as a mandatory condition of
probation. (c)(1) All persons arrested for any felony offense on or after October 1, 2010,
or for any sexual offense including, but not limited to, those that would require...
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45-8-232.20
Section 45-8-232.20 Rehabilitation board; rules and regulations; inmate wages; escape
from custody; work release program requests; annual report. (a) This section shall
apply to Calhoun County. (b) The following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BOARD.
The Calhoun County Rehabilitation Board, which shall be composed of the sheriff who shall
act as chair; the district attorney; the senior circuit judge; the senior district judge;
and a fifth person to be selected by the Calhoun County Commission. (2) INMATE. Any person
convicted of a crime and sentenced to the county jail or state prison. (c)(1) The board shall
adopt written procedures of operation and administration and shall elect one of its members
as chair on an annual basis. Meetings shall generally be conducted in accordance with Robert's
Rules of Order. (2) Any rules, regulations, or policies promulgated by the board shall be
written upon the minutes of the board, and shall be acknowledged and signed by each member
of...
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32-5A-191
Section 32-5A-191 (Effective until July 1, 2023) Driving while under influence of alcohol,
controlled substances, etc. (a) A person shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle while: (1) There is 0.08 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her
blood; (2) Under the influence of alcohol; (3) Under the influence of a controlled substance
to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving; (4) Under the combined influence
of alcohol and a controlled substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely
driving; or (5) Under the influence of any substance which impairs the mental or physical
faculties of such person to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely driving.
(b) A person who is under the age of 21 years shall not drive or be in actual physical control
of any vehicle if there is 0.02 percent or more by weight of alcohol in his or her blood.
The Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency shall suspend or revoke the...
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45-4-233
Section 45-4-233 Work Release board; powers and duties; work release fund; escape of
inmates from custody. In Bibb County, the sheriff shall execute every order from every court
in Bibb County to subpoena witnesses as provided in Section 12-21-180, or the service
may be made by first class mail as follows: It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county
to enclose the subpoenas in an envelope addressed to the person to be served and place all
necessary postage and a return address thereon. In the event the witness subpoena is returned
to the sheriff by the post office department of the United States without delivery, the subpoena
shall be by the sheriff returned NOT FOUND. All witness subpoenas not returned to the sheriff
by the post office department shall be considered for all purposes as sufficient personal
and legal service. It is specifically provided, however, that, if the party calling a witness
expressly requests in writing that the subpoena be delivered to such witness...
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