Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 (2026)
Department of Corrections - Creation, Duties, Responsibilities, Etc.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
There is hereby created the Alabama Department of Corrections, hereinafter referred to as “the department” which shall have all of the duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, liabilities, property, funds, appropriations, contractual rights and obligations, property rights and personnel, whether accruing or vested, by operation or by law and which are not in conflict with this section and Sections 14-1-1.2 through 14-1-1.5 which, prior to the enactment of Sections 14-1-15 through 14-1-17, were vested in a Board of Corrections and which, by virtue of such statutes, vested in the Governor of the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1983, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 83-69, p. 71, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1998–2026 · leading case: Latham v. Dep't of Corr., 927 So. 2d 815 (Ala. 2005).
Latham v. Dep't of Corr., 927 So. 2d 815 (Ala. 2005). “Because of the posture of the case, this Court did not reach the merits of Darrell Latham's substantive argument that ACI and DOC do not have the authority to contract inmate labor to a private company to package products or to perform other functions in the production or…”
Alabama Dep't of Corr. v. Merritt, 74 So. 3d 1 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “[7] Although § 14-1-8(a) refers specifically to the "board" of corrections, in 1983 the enactment of Ala.Code 1975, § 14-1-1.1, created the department and vested in it all the duties and powers that once had belonged to the board.”
Carpenter v. Tillman, 948 So. 2d 536 (Ala. 2006). “§ 14-1-1.1, Ala.Code 1975. [3] Thompson applied the general rule of State-agent immunity as stated in Ex parte Cranman, 792 So.”
Turquitt v. Jefferson Cnty., 137 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 1998). “…1 (plurality opinion). . The Alabama Department of Corrections is the successor to the Alabama Board of Corrections. Ala.Code § 14-1-1.1.”
Tunstall v. William E. Donaldson Corr. Facility (N.D. Ala. 2025). “Code § 14-2-1 (7)(a), and “shall have all of the duties, responsibilities, authority, power, assets, liabilities, property, funds, appropriations, contractual rights and obligations, property and personnel,” Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 , which includes the authority to appoint officers…”
King (M.D. Ala. 2025). “781, 782 (1978) (recognizing that the Alabama Board of Corrections is a part of the State); Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 (providing that the ADOC is the successor to the Board of Corrections); Scott v.”
Deiondra Rashard Butler v. G. Babers, et al. (M.D. Ala. 2026). “781, 782 (1978) (recognizing that the Alabama Board of Corrections is a part of the State); Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 (providing that the ADOC is the successor to the Board of Corrections).”
Michael D. Williams v. J.F. Ingram State Technical Coll., et al. (M.D. Ala. 2026). “781, 782 (1978) (recognizing that the Alabama Board of Corrections is a part of the State); Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 (providing that the ADOC is the successor to the Board of Corrections).”
Michael Murphy v. Alabama Dep't of Corr., et al. (M.D. Ala. 2026). “781, 782 (1978) (recognizing that the Alabama Board of Corrections is a part of the State); Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 (providing that the ADOC is the successor to the Board of Corrections).”
Hardy (M.D. Ala. 2026). “781, 782 (1978) (recognizing that the Alabama Board of Corrections is a part of the State); Ala. Code § 14-1-1.1 (providing that the ADOC is the successor to the Board of Corrections).”
McCarley v. Dunn (N.D. Ala. 2022). “Code §§ 14-1-1.1 ; 14-1-1.3; 14-1-1.5; 14-1-4.”
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