Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 36-10-16 (2026)
Threatening, Etc., of Prisoners for Purposes of Extorting Confessions, Etc., or Keeping Prisoners Incommunicado.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, laws through the 2026 Regular Session
No officer or person having the custody and control of the body or liberty of any person under arrest shall refuse permission to such arrested person to communicate with his friends or with an attorney nor subject any person under arrest to any form of personal violence, intimidation, indignity or threats for the purpose of extorting from such person incriminating statements or a confession. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Code 1923, §5099; Code 1940, T. 41, §223.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Kirksey v. State, 191 So. 3d 810 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014).
Kirksey v. State, 191 So. 3d 810 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014). “Further, § 36-10-16 “merely provides that an arrested person has a right ‘to communicate with his friends or with an attorney’ upon request.”
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