15-18-77
Section 15-18-77 Restitution centers - Services; powers of Board of Pardons and Paroles, counties and municipalities. The State Board of Pardons and Paroles, the county commissions and the governing authorities of municipalities are hereby authorized to cooperate in the institution and administration of services at restitution centers as authorized in Section 15-18-76. The Board of Pardons and Paroles, the county commissions and the governing authorities of municipalities are authorized jointly: (1) To seek funding from federal or other sources to provide the maximum supportive services for offenders and the families of offenders who are participating in the restitution program; (2) To develop additional programs whereby the offenders may be afforded the opportunity to contribute to society and the support of their families through restitution programs; and (3) To develop pilot programs of counseling, training and job placement whereby restitution may be accomplished; such programs may...
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15-18-76
Section 15-18-76 Restitution centers - Establishment and operation; cooperation of counties and municipalities. (a) The county commissions of several counties and the governing authorities of municipalities are hereby authorized to cooperate with the State Board of Pardons and Paroles in the establishment of restitution centers. Such centers shall be operated by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. County or municipal property may be utilized with the approval of the county commission or municipal governing authority for the construction, renovation, and maintenance of facilities owned by the state or a local political subdivision. Such a facility may be furnished or leased to the Board of Pardons and Paroles for a period of time for use as a restitution center. (b) It is the intent of this section that county and local governments contribute only to the establishment, renovation, furnishing, and maintenance of the physical plant of the restitution center and that the Board of...
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29-2-20
Section 29-2-20 Creation; composition; duties. (a) A permanent legislative committee which shall be composed of eight members, two of whom shall be ex officio members and six of whom shall be appointed members, three each to be appointed by the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House, who shall both serve as the ex officio members, shall be formed to assist in realizing the recommendations of the Legislative Prison Task Force and examine all aspects of the operations of the Department of Corrections. The chairman of the committee shall be selected by and from among the membership. The committee shall make diligent inquiry and a full examination of Alabama's present and long term prison needs and they shall file reports of their findings and recommendations to the Alabama Legislature not later than the fifteenth legislative day of each regular session that the committee continues to exist. (b) The committee shall study and address mental health issues for prisoners reentering...
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15-23-60
Section 15-23-60 Definitions. As used in this article, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ACCUSED. A person who has been arrested for committing a criminal offense and who is held for an initial appearance or other proceeding before trial. (2) APPELLATE PROCEEDING. An oral argument held in open court before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme Court of Alabama, a federal court of appeals, or the United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST. The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release, supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave, passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that receives public funding primarily to provide...
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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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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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15-18-176
Section 15-18-176 Submission and format of plan; application process and procedures; participation voluntary. (a) A community punishment and corrections plan shall be developed and submitted to the department which sufficiently documents the local need and support for the proposed program. The community punishment and corrections plan shall have the approval of the county commission in the affected counties prior to submission to the department. Any plan shall specifically state the maximum number of inmates eligible to participate in the program. (b) The format for any community punishment and corrections plan shall be specified by the division in its application process and procedures. Funding and grant evaluation criteria shall be outlined in the application process and procedures to be developed by the division in order that each applicant may know the basis upon which funds will be granted. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act outlining the...
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15-22-32
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 and Paroles, at its next meeting, may declare the prisoner to be delinquent, and time owed shall date from the delinquency. The Department of Corrections, after receiving notice from the sheriff of the county jail where the state prisoner is being held, shall promptly notify the board of the return of a paroled prisoner charged with violation of his or her parole. Thereupon, the board, a single member of the board, a parole revocation hearing officer, or a designated parole officer shall hold a parole court at the prison or at another place as it may determine within 20 business days and consider the case of the parole violator, who shall be given an opportunity to appear personally or by counsel before the board or the parole court and produce witnesses and...
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41-9-1060
Section 41-9-1060 Creation; composition; meetings. (a) The Commission on Girls and Women in the Criminal Justice System is created. (b) The commission shall be composed of all of the following members: (1) Three members of each house, to be appointed by the presiding officer in each house. One member of each house shall be designated the co-chairperson of the commission. (2) The Director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or his or her designee. (3) The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections or his or her designee. (4) The Executive Director of the Alabama Department of Youth Services or his or her designee. (5) The Commissioner of the Department of Human Resources or his or her designee. (6) The Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health or his or her designee. (7) The Executive Director of the Alabama Sentencing Commission or his or her designee. (8) The State Health Officer of the Alabama Department of Public Health or his or her designee. (9) The Chancellor of...
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41-22-3
Section 41-22-3 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section, except when the context otherwise requires: (1) AGENCY. Every board, bureau, commission, department, officer, or other administrative office or unit of the state, including the Alabama Department of Environmental Management, other than the Legislature and its agencies, the Alabama State Port Authority, the courts, the Alabama Public Service Commission, or the State Banking Department, whose administrative procedures are governed by Sections 5-2A-8 and 5-2A-9. The term does not include boards of trustees of postsecondary institutions, boards of plans administered by public pension systems, counties, municipalities, or any agencies of local governmental units, unless they are expressly made subject to this chapter by general or special law. (2) COMMITTEE. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rule Review, comprised of the members of...
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