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Ala. Code § 14-8-1 (2026)

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✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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For the purposes of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.

(1) BOARD. The Board of Corrections.

(2) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Board of Corrections.

(3) STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS. Such term shall mean and include Draper Correctional Center in Elmore; Frank Lee Youth Center in Deatsville; Atmore State Prison Farm in Atmore; the State Cattle Ranch in Greensboro; Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka and all road camps.

(4) INMATE. A person either male or female, convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of confinement and treatment in a state correctional institution under the jurisdiction of the board.

(Acts 1971, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 307, p. 4595, §1.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2003–2010 · leading case: Latham v. Dep't of Corr., 927 So. 2d 815 (Ala. 2005).
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Latham v. Dep't of Corr., 927 So. 2d 815 (Ala. 2005). “Code 1975; [4] *818 and § 14-8-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975, [5] DOC and ACI do not have the authority to contract inmate labor to a private company such as Wilson.”
Petty v. Allen, 77 So. 3d 1182 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “2004) (“So far as inmates of the state are concerned, §§ 14-8-1 to 14-8-10 of the Aabama Code are the only statutory provisions that bear on work release.”
Gober v. Alabama Dep't of Corr., 871 So. 2d 838 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “Haley (“the commissioner”), by David Gober (“the inmate”), a state prisoner who allegedly suffered an injury while participating in a prison work-release program pursuant to § 14-8-1 et seq., Ala.Code 1975. The action was brought on behalf of the inmate and an alleged class of…”
Ala. Code § 14-8-1(4): 1 case
Petty v. Allen, 77 So. 3d 1182 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010). “2004) (“So far as inmates of the state are concerned, §§ 14-8-1 to 14-8-10 of the Aabama Code are the only statutory provisions that bear on work release.”
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