SB93 Alabama 2011 Session
In Committee
Bill Summary
Sponsors
Session
Regular Session 2011
Title
Corrections Department, contract with a county commission to establish regional detention facility to house state and county offenders, authorized, design, construction, maintenance, operation, contract period and fee, sheriff to manage and provide work for offenders
Description
<p class="bill_description"> Existing law allows counties to contract
with each other to establish a regional jail
authority and to build a regional jail facility to
house county offenders. Existing law also allows
municipalities to participate in the regional jail
authority to house municipal offenders</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would allow the Department of
Corrections to contract with a county to create a
regional detention facility to house state and
county offenders</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide procedures for the
design, construction, maintenance, and operation of
the facility</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would provide a contract period
for the use of the facility by the Department of
Corrections and a fee to be paid by the department
for each state offender housed in the facility</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would make the sheriff of the
county where the facility is located responsible
for the management of the facility and the care and
control of the offenders housed therein, and
further provide compensation for the sheriff</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would allow the sheriff, under
certain conditions, to provide work for offenders
housed at the facility and would further provide
for the disbursement of any compensation owed the
offender and reimbursement of the facility for free
labor used by a political subdivision of the state</p><p class="bill_description">
This bill would require the facility to meet
the requirements of the American Correctional
Association standards for the housing of offenders</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> Relating to the housing of state and county
offenders; to allow the Department of Corrections to contract
with a county to create a regional detention facility to house
state and county offenders; to provide for the design,
construction, maintenance, and operation of the facility; to
provide a contract period and fee to be paid by the Department
of Corrections for each state offender housed in the facility;
to make the sheriff responsible for the management of the
facility and allow the sheriff, under certain conditions, to
provide work for offenders housed at the facility; and to
require the facility to meet the requirements of the American
Correctional Association standards for the housing of
offenders.
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Subjects
Corrections Department
Bill Actions
| Action Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 1, 2011 | Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Governmental Affairs |
Bill Text
Bill Documents
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Bill Text | SB93 Alabama 2011 Session - Introduced |