Alabama § 14-6-3 Who May Be Confined in County Jail

Alabama Statutes

§ 14-6-3 — Who May Be Confined in County Jail

Alabama § 14-6-3

Title 14Criminal Correctional and Detention Facilities

Ch. 6Jails

Art. 1General Provisions

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Bluebook

Ala. Code § 14-6-3 (2026).

Text

In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons:

(1)Persons committed for trial for public offenses;

(2)Convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal thereto;

(3)Persons committed for contempt or on civil process;

(4)Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal case;

(5)Persons charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense against the United States;

(6)Insane persons, pending transfer to a mental hospital or other disposition; and

(7)All other persons committed thereto by authority of law.

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In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons:
(1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses;
(2) Convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal thereto;
(3) Persons committed for contempt or on civil process;
(4) Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal case;
(5) Persons charged with, or convicted of, a criminal offense against the United States;
(6) Insane persons, pending transfer to a mental hospital or other disposition; and
(7) All other persons committed thereto by authority of law.

Legislative History

(Code 1852, §237; Code 1867, §3785; Code 1876, §4487; Code 1886, §4536; Code 1896, §4947; Code 1907, §7192; Code 1923, §4802; Code 1940, T. 45, §117.)