SB227 Alabama 2020 Session

Under existing law, when a defendant is sentenced to the Department of Corrections, the court is required to notify the department

This bill would require that the court or the court clerk send an electronic notification to the Department of Corrections, through the State Judicial Information System, when a defendant is sentenced to the department

This bill would establish the Inmate Housing Cooperative and would provide for its implementation

This bill would establish procedures for participation in the Inmate Housing Cooperative

This bill would specify which state inmates may be housed in a county jail pursuant to the Inmate Housing Cooperative

Relating to county jails; to amend Section 14-3-30, Code of Alabama 1975, to require the court or court clerk to provide electronic notification to the Department of Corrections when a defendant is sentenced to the department; to provide for transportation of inmates from the county jails to the department; to provide that counties are not responsible for health care costs of inmates who have been sentenced to the department; to add a new Chapter 16 to Title o the Code of Alabama 1975, to establish the Inmate Housing Cooperative; to establish procedures for participation in the Inmate Housing Cooperative; and to provide for the implementation of the Inmate Housing Cooperative.