Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 14-6-103 (2026)
Size, Etc., of Jails, Etc.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Each county jail or town or city prison must be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners confined therein and must contain separate apartments for men and for women. It shall be fireproof, properly ventilated, sufficiently lighted by day and night, adequately heated and contain adequate sanitary plumbing and sewerage connections.
(Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4877; Code 1940, T. 45, §183.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2026 · leading case: Nicholson v. Choctaw Cnty., Ala., 498 F. Supp. 295 (S.D. Ala. 1980).
Nicholson v. Choctaw Cnty., Ala., 498 F. Supp. 295 (S.D. Ala. 1980). “The plaintiffs’ fourteenth cause of action against the Choctaw County Commission arises under Alabama Code § 14-6-103, which requires the County Commission to provide sufficient jail space to hold prisoners in healthful and sanitary facilities.”
Tawanda Chandler, as Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Christopher Lee v. Tuscaloosa Cnty., Alabama, et al. (N.D. Ala. 2026). “(quoting Ala. Code § 14-6-103 ). Tuscaloosa County contends that it has met those Alabama-specific requirements, and “[t]here simply is no state or federal minimum area required of Alabama jails.”
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