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Ala. Code § 14-8-61 (2026)

Adoption of Rules, Regulations, and Policies Extending Limits of Confinement of Inmates Seeking Employment and Place of Residence.

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In order to provide for the individual supervision and placement of an inmate in the community where the inmate will reside after release from a state correctional institution, the board is authorized to adopt rules, regulations and policies permitting the commissioner to extend the limits of confinement of an inmate where there is reasonable cause to believe the inmate will honor the trust placed in such inmate by authorizing such inmate, under prescribed conditions, to leave the confines of that place unaccompanied by custodial agents for a prescribed period of time to seek and secure employment and a place of residence in the community where the inmate will reside after the release from a state correctional institution.

(Acts 1976, No. 136, p. 130, §2.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1995–1995 · leading case: Pettco Enter., Inc. v. White, 896 F. Supp. 1137 (M.D. Ala. 1995).
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Pettco Enter., Inc. v. White, 896 F. Supp. 1137 (M.D. Ala. 1995). · cites it 2× “In certain circumstances, the Alabama Code also authorizes inmates to leave a State correction institution for the purpose of seeking employment or future housing or participating in certain educational programs. Ala.Code §§ 14-8-61 & 14-8-62 (1975).”
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