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Ala. Code § 15-18-6 (2026)

Credit Towards Sentence for Time Spent Incarcerated - Time Between Recapture and Return to Penal System for Recaptured Escapees.

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An escapee from a state penal institution who is recaptured and returned to custody shall be credited with all of his actual time spent incarcerated within the State of Alabama prior to his transfer and return to the custody of Board of Corrections (penal system). The actual time spent incarcerated pending return to custody of the Board of Corrections (penal system) shall be certified by the sheriff on forms to be prescribed by the Board of Corrections.

(Acts 1975, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 58, §2.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Grady Boutwell v. Eddie Nagle & the Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama, 861 F.2d 1530 (11th Cir. 1988).
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Grady Boutwell v. Eddie Nagle & the Attorney Gen. of the State of Alabama, 861 F.2d 1530 (11th Cir. 1988). “” Ala.Code § 15-18-6 (1975) (emphasis added).”
Henry Neal Ferguson III v. Alabama Dep't of Corr. (Appeal from St. Clair Circuit Court: CV-23-16) (Ala. Crim. App. 2024). · cites it 2× “Code 1975, and § 15-18-6, Ala. Code 1975. 2 Before its amendment in 2018, § 15-18-5 provided: "Upon conviction and imprisonment for any felony or misdemeanor, the sentencing court shall order that the convicted person be credited with all of his actual time spent incarcerated…”
Upshaw v. State, 141 So. 3d 70 (Ala. 2013). “Section 15-18-6, Ala.Code 1975, addresses credit toward sentences for recaptured escapees.”
Pardue v. State, 160 So. 3d 363 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013). “32); (3) that the circuit court "erred in imposing a sentence that [Pardue] had already served[,] violating his statutory rights under § 15-18-5, § 15-18-6[,] and § 15-8-7[, Ala.Code 1975]" (Pardue’s brief, p.”
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