HB39 Alabama 2017 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

County jails, prisoners, commitments, sheriff report to clerk and presiding judge with certain time frame, include date and time of commitment, Sec. 14-6-15 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> Under existing law, the sheriff of a county must report to the clerk of the circuit court of the county that a prisoner was committed to the county jail within 10 days of the prisoner being committed</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the sheriff to report to the clerk and the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county that a prisoner was committed to the county jail no later than 9:00 A.M on the day following the commitment of the prisoner, and would require the date and time the prisoner entered the jail to be included in the report, in addition to the name and charges against the prisoner</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To amend Section 14-6-15 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the commitment of prisoners in county jails; to require the sheriff to report to the clerk and the presiding judge of the circuit court of the county that a prisoner was committed to the county jail within a certain time frame; and to require the date and time the prisoner entered the jail be included in the report, along with other information. </p>

Subjects

Jails