Alabama Statutes

§ 15-18-121 — Penalty for Failure to Remain Within Limits of Confinement, Etc

Alabama § 15-18-121

JurisdictionAlabama

Title 15Criminal Procedure

Ch. 18Sentence and Punishment

Art. 7Inmate Community Reintegration Program

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Ala. Code § 15-18-121 (2026).

Text

The willful failure of an inmate to remain within the extended limits of the inmate’s confinement, or to willfully return within the time prescribed to the place of confinement designated by the commissioner or his agent, shall be deemed as an escape from the custody of a penal facility and shall be punishable as prescribed by law.

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Related

530 So. 2d 871 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, 1987)

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Legislative History

(Acts 1983, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 83-838, p. 62, §12.)

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