HB376 Alabama 2019 Session

Under existing law, all direct and effective control over penal and corrections institutions throughout the state are exercised by the Governor through the Department of Corrections. An institution over which the Department exercises control may not be leased, transferred, or placed under the management of a nongovernmental entity without first obtaining the approval of the Legislature

This bill would require the Department of Corrections to obtain legislative approval prior to entering into a lease agreement to incarcerate, supervise, or manage more than fifteen percent of the inmates within the department’s jurisdictional population at an institution owned or operated by a nongovernmental entity

To amend Sections 14-1-1.2, Code of Alabama 1975, regarding the Department of Corrections; to require the department to obtain legislative approval prior to entering into a lease agreement to incarcerate, supervise, or manage more than fifteen percent of the inmates within the department’s jurisdictional population at an institution owned or operated by a nongovernmental entity.