Under existing law, the employment of prisoners within the Department of Corrections facilities by private industry is not authorized.
This bill would specifically authorize the Department of Corrections to contract or enter into agreements with private industry to establish work-oriented rehabilitation programs within facilities located on property owned or operated by the Department of Corrections or any prison facility housing inmates sentenced to the department.
McClendon motion to Indefinitely Postpone adopted Voice Vote
McClendon motion to Substitute SB63 for HB30 adopted Voice Vote
Holmes motion to Adjourn lost Roll Call 563
McClendon motion to Table adopted Roll Call 562
Boman Amendment Offered
Holmes motion to Carry Over Temporarily lost Voice Vote
Motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 561
State Government Amendment Offered
Third Reading Indefinitely Postponed
Motion to Adopt offered
State Government Amendment Offered
Third Reading Carried Over
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar 1 amendment
Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on State Government
Source: Alabama Legislature