Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 14-6-95 (2026)
Jails, Etc., to Be Kept Clean, Etc.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers of jails or prisons or the keeper or manager of the almshouse shall keep their respective jails, prisons and almshouses in a clean and sanitary condition, shall use every means and effort to prevent spitting on the floors and the walls of the jails, prisons and almshouses and shall exercise every precaution to prevent the spread of disease among the inmates.
(Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4868; Code 1940, T. 45, §174.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1980–2017 · 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’ sixth cause of action against Sheriff Donald Lolley arises under Alabama Code § 14-6-21 and § 14-6-95, which require the Sheriff to keep the jail in a clean manner.”
Key v. City of Irondale (Ex parte Key), 243 So. 3d 287 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017). “Nor did the provisions contained in § 14-6-95, [Ala. Code ] 1975, relative to the maintenance and supervision of local jails cause him to have any second thoughts about his decision.”
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