SB227 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg Albritton Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

County jails, require courts to provide electronic notification to the Dept. of Corrections when a defendant is sentenced, provide for transportation of inmates, to provide that counties are not responsible for health care costs of inmates sentenced to the Dept. of Corrections, to establish the Inmate Housing Cooperative, to establish procedures for participation in cooperative, Secs. 14-16-1 to 14-16-10, inclusive, added; Sec. 14-3-30 am'd.

Description

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.

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Subjects

Jails