SB93 Alabama 2011 Session

Existing law allows counties to contract with each other to establish a regional jail authority and to build a regional jail facility to house county offenders. Existing law also allows municipalities to participate in the regional jail authority to house municipal offenders

This bill would allow the Department of Corrections to contract with a county to create a regional detention facility to house state and county offenders

This bill would provide procedures for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facility

This bill would provide a contract period for the use of the facility by the Department of Corrections and a fee to be paid by the department for each state offender housed in the facility

This bill would make the sheriff of the county where the facility is located responsible for the management of the facility and the care and control of the offenders housed therein, and further provide compensation for the sheriff

This bill would allow the sheriff, under certain conditions, to provide work for offenders housed at the facility and would further provide for the disbursement of any compensation owed the offender and reimbursement of the facility for free labor used by a political subdivision of the state

This bill would require the facility to meet the requirements of the American Correctional Association standards for the housing of offenders

Relating to the housing of state and county offenders; to allow the Department of Corrections to contract with a county to create a regional detention facility to house state and county offenders; to provide for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of the facility; to provide a contract period and fee to be paid by the Department of Corrections for each state offender housed in the facility; to make the sheriff responsible for the management of the facility and allow the sheriff, under certain conditions, to provide work for offenders housed at the facility; and to require the facility to meet the requirements of the American Correctional Association standards for the housing of offenders.