Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 14-8-33 (2026)
Adoption of Regulations and Policies for Extension of Limits of Confinement of Inmates; Assignment and Transfer of State Inmates Participating in Programs; Protests by Sentencing Judges, Etc., as to Participation by Inmates in Programs Within Counties in Which Convicted.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015.
(Acts 1976, No. 637, p. 883, §3.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1988–2003 · leading case: Webb v. State, 539 So. 2d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988).
Webb v. State, 539 So. 2d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “*347 Although the Alabama legislature has not defined "state inmates in county custody," it has authorized the Board of Corrections to promulgate rules concerning which state inmates may participate in county work release programs, Ala. Code (1975), § 14-8-31(c), and it has…”
Crowe v. State ex rel. Patterson, 860 So. 2d 363 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Section 14-8-33(a) provides that a county electing to establish a work-release program is authorized to adopt regulations to extend the limits of the place of confinement so that the inmate may leave “to work at paid employment while continuing as an inmate of the institution or…”
Conner v. State, 840 So. 2d 950 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “See Ala. Code (1975), § 14-8-33(b). “In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, we must assume that the Board of Corrections, to whom the legislature properly delegated the authority to classify ‘state inmates in county custody,’ transfers only low risk, non-dangerous…”
— Ala. Code § 14-8-33(a) — 1 case
Crowe v. State ex rel. Patterson, 860 So. 2d 363 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003). “Section 14-8-33(a) provides that a county electing to establish a work-release program is authorized to adopt regulations to extend the limits of the place of confinement so that the inmate may leave “to work at paid employment while continuing as an inmate of the institution or…”
— Ala. Code § 14-8-33(b) — 2 cases
Webb v. State, 539 So. 2d 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 1988). “*347 Although the Alabama legislature has not defined "state inmates in county custody," it has authorized the Board of Corrections to promulgate rules concerning which state inmates may participate in county work release programs, Ala. Code (1975), § 14-8-31(c), and it has…”
Conner v. State, 840 So. 2d 950 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002). “See Ala. Code (1975), § 14-8-33(b). “In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, we must assume that the Board of Corrections, to whom the legislature properly delegated the authority to classify ‘state inmates in county custody,’ transfers only low risk, non-dangerous…”
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