Alabama § 14-11-4 Failure of Duty or Violation of Law by Guard, Etc., of Convicts Generally

Alabama Statutes

§ 14-11-4 — Failure of Duty or Violation of Law by Guard, Etc., of Convicts Generally

Alabama § 14-11-4

Title 14Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities

Ch. 11Offenses Concerning Prisoners and Prisons

Art. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 14-11-4 (2026).

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Any guard or any person having the charge, management or control of any convict who fails to discharge any of the duties imposed upon him by law or in any other way violates any of the provisions of law regulating or governing the inspection, treatment, confinement, working or guarding or the charge, management or control of convicts, state or county, when no other punishment is provided for such failure in duty or violation of law, must, on conviction, be fined not more than $1,000, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than 12 months.

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Any guard or any person having the charge, management or control of any convict who fails to discharge any of the duties imposed upon him by law or in any other way violates any of the provisions of law regulating or governing the inspection, treatment, confinement, working or guarding or the charge, management or control of convicts, state or county, when no other punishment is provided for such failure in duty or violation of law, must, on conviction, be fined not more than $1,000, and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county, for not more than 12 months.