Alabama
The Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission (APOSTC) certifies Department of Corrections (ADOC) correctional officers as well as police. County jails are run by sheriffs, and no state body sets or inspects jail standards. Since 2023 the State has given ADOC canine officers police powers, let facility administrators serve without APOSTC certification, made drone flights and drops over prisons crimes, named probation and parole officers in the APOSTC definitions, and brought jail and prison officers under the 2025 officer immunity law.
- Sources checked
- Part of
- Corrections Ledger
At a glance
- Certifying body
- APOSTC. Its definitions name the Department of Corrections and the Board of Pardons and Paroles as law enforcement agencies (Code of Ala. 36-21-40). Rule chapter 650-X-11 is titled “Certification of Correctional Officers,” and rule 650-X-2-.01 says the term law enforcement officer “includes Correctional Officers employed by the Alabama Department of Corrections” (Ala. Admin. Code ch. 650-X, Aug. 2025 compilation). County jail staff are employed by the sheriff (14-6-1); no statute or APOSTC rule was found that requires a separate state certificate for jailers who are not deputies. See the Alabama Officer Ledger page for APOSTC certification in general.
- Statute
- Code of Ala. Title 14 (Corrections): 14-1-1.1 et seq. (Department of Corrections), 14-1-4 (employees), 14-3-9 (Law Enforcement Services Division), 14-3-13 (correctional officer oath), 14-3-14 (police powers of officers and guards at the prison), 14-6-1 (sheriff’s custody of the jail), 14-6-19.1 (pregnant and postpartum inmates). Probation and parole: 15-22-20 et seq. APOSTC: 36-21-40 to 36-21-52. Rules: Ala. Admin. Code ch. 650-X, with ch. 650-X-11 for correctional officers.
- Minimum standards
- The APOSTC standards apply to ADOC correctional officers through rule 650-X-2-.01: at least 19, a high school diploma or GED, physician-certified fitness, good moral character, no felony conviction, and APOSTC training within a provisional appointment of up to 6 months (36-21-46). The Officer Ledger page covers the rest of the APOSTC standards, including the 2025 English-fluency rule. ADOC’s recruiting site lists further hiring criteria for Correctional Officer Trainees (a physical fitness assessment and a psychological evaluation) and a separate, non-APOSTC Correctional Security Guard class with a minimum age of 18; these are agency criteria, not law.
- Basic training
- By APOSTC rule, a correctional officer trainee “must successfully complete 480 hours of correctional officer training at an approved Academy” within the provisional period, with at least 70% on the written, first aid, and legal exams, a physical agility test, handgun and shotgun qualification, and no more than 5% absence (650-X-11-.01, last amended 2006). ADOC’s recruiting site describes “the 10-week APOSTC Academy” for trainees and a 1-week on-site course for Correctional Security Guards (ADOC security positions page). Whether a newer curriculum rule replaces the 480-hour figure was not found.
- In-service training
- By rule, APOSTC-certified officers “shall annually complete and report twelve (12) hours of continuing education” (650-X-12-.02). The rule speaks of certified officers “who have arrest powers”; whether APOSTC applies it to ADOC correctional officers was not confirmed from an official source. Probation and parole officers must complete statutory training within 2 years of hire (see below).
- Decertification
- APOSTC “shall” revoke certification on a felony conviction and may revoke for failing continuing education or the 36-21-46 standards (36-21-45, 36-21-52). Since October 1, 2025, knowingly being employed or appointed as a peace officer while one's APOSTC certification is revoked or suspended, or knowingly hiring such a person, is a Class C felony (13A-10-11). No public revocation list was found. APOSTC must keep a confidential Law Enforcement Officer Employment Database (statutory deadline October 1, 2023) whose contents may not be released under the Open Records Act (36-21-55.1(c)). Details are on the Officer Ledger page.
- Jail standards
- No state body that sets or inspects county jail standards was found in the Code of Alabama. The sheriff has legal custody and charge of the county jail and may employ persons to operate it (14-6-1), and the county commission must build and maintain a jail (11-14-10).
- Probation and parole officers
- Employed by the Board of Pardons and Paroles. Since October 1, 2025, the APOSTC definitions list the Board as a law enforcement agency and include its enforcement officers as law enforcement officers (36-21-40). Probation officers have arrest powers and the same right to execute process as sheriffs (15-22-53(a)). The Board “shall require all probation and parole officers” to complete, within 2 years of hire, training in assessment techniques, case planning, risk reduction, effective communication, behavioral health needs, and core correctional practices such as motivational interviewing and cognitive-behavioral skills (15-22-24(m)).
- Restrictive housing
- No statutory limit on solitary confinement or restrictive housing in prisons or jails was found; the old “sentence of solitary confinement” section (14-11-5) was repealed in 2015. The only related provision found is in 14-6-19.1(j) and (k): a pregnant or postpartum woman may be placed alone in a cell or hospital room for medical safety, and the custodian must document the circumstances and “the length of time of the solitary confinement” within 2 days, for review by the officer in charge.
- Corrections use of force
- Pregnancy (Act 2022-440): a custodian, defined to include a warden, sheriff, jailer, deputy, police officer, or other law enforcement officer, “shall not use any leg or waist restraint” on a woman in the second or third trimester, in labor or delivery, or in the 6-week postpartum period. A pregnant or postpartum woman may be restrained only with leg or wrist handcuffs, with her wrists held in front of her body, and only on a finding of an immediate flight risk or an immediate risk of harm that other means cannot reasonably contain; postpartum use must be documented within 2 days (14-6-19.1). General force: since October 1, 2025, a law enforcement officer, now defined to include detention facility officers, is justified in force within the officer’s discretionary authority unless it violates the constitutional right to be free from excessive force (13A-3-27). Every correctional officer swears to “in no case, ill treat or abuse any prisoner” (14-3-13).
Changes, 2023 to 2026
Study commission on the 2025 officer protections, including correctional officer recruitment
The Joint Legislative Study Commission on Law Enforcement Legal Protections is established effective October 1, 2026 and must first meet by November 1, 2026. Among the topics it may study is the effect of the 2025 immunity act on “the recruitment and retention of correctional officers through the Department of Corrections.” Its recommendations are due by the 10th legislative day of the 2027 Regular Session. The Officer Ledger page lists its members.
For corrections staff: No new duty. The commission may recommend changes to the immunity law that now covers jail and prison officers.
ADOC may jam, hack, or capture drones flying unlawfully over prisons
“The Department of Corrections may take reasonable and necessary measures against an unmanned aircraft system operating in violation of this article,” the 2024 prison drone article. The listed measures include jamming to the extent consistent with federal law, hacking, physical capture, and other mitigation. Existing immunities and defenses of ADOC and its officers are preserved.
For corrections staff: State law now authorizes drone countermeasures at prisons, but jamming must still be consistent with federal law.
Jail and prison officers brought under the officer immunity law; jail employees’ immunity standard rewritten
For the new immunity sections, “law enforcement officer” includes a “detention facility officer”: “Any peace officer, guard, or detention or jail officer employed in a facility used for the confinement, pursuant to law,” of people charged or convicted, juveniles, extradition holds, or people under court-ordered confinement (6-5-338.1). Jail employees hired by the sheriff keep the sheriff’s immunities. Section 14-6-1 formerly conditioned that on acting within the line and scope of their duties and in compliance with the law; it now conditions it on conduct “performed within a law enforcement officer’s discretionary authority as defined in Section 6-5-338.1.” Section 3 rewrote the use-of-force justification in 13A-3-27 and added pretrial criminal immunity hearings. The Officer Ledger page covers the pleading, discovery-stay, and justification rules.
For corrections staff: Jail and prison officers sued over conduct within their discretionary authority have the same immunity, pleading, and discovery-stay protections as police.
Enrolled HB 202 (2025) Code of Ala. 6-5-338.1 Code of Ala. 14-6-1
Board of Pardons and Paroles officers named in the APOSTC definitions
“Law enforcement agency” now lists the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the Department of Corrections, and the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and “law enforcement officer” includes “enforcement officers of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency, the Department of Corrections, and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.” The act’s title says its purpose is “to specify probation and parole officers are law enforcement officers.” The plain text of the enrolled bill does not mark new language, so which words were new could not be confirmed.
For corrections staff: Probation and parole officers fall within the APOSTC definitions, including felony revocation under 36-21-52.
ADOC canine staff become state law enforcement officers; investigators’ arrest powers widened
The Investigation and Intelligence Division is renamed the Law Enforcement Services Division. “Employees of the Department of Corrections classified as correctional investigative services officers, correctional canine classifications, and their supervisors performing criminal investigative duties are considered law enforcement officers of this state,” with full police powers to investigate violations relating to prisons, employees, and inmates, and must meet state law enforcement minimum standards. Canine classifications are new to the list. A comparison of the enrolled text with the current code shows that the act struck the sentence limiting investigators’ powers “to investigations and arrests involving inmates or employees of the Department of Corrections and associates of inmates or employees.”
For corrections staff: ADOC canine staff now hold police powers and must meet APOSTC law enforcement standards.
Facility administrators need not be APOSTC-certified; up to five deputy commissioners
The cap on deputy commissioners rises from 3 to 5. New 14-1-1.7 lets the commissioner appoint exempt administrators to run correctional facilities, and 15 exempt constituent-services employees. They serve at the commissioner’s pleasure and “shall not be required to be certified as either a corrections officer or a law enforcement officer by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission.” The existing bar on replacing a “correctional officer” position with a lower classification or pay stays in place (14-1-4(b)). The act also expanded the duties of the Joint Prison Oversight Committee.
For corrections staff: Administrators appointed to run correctional facilities can be at-will appointees without APOSTC certification; line correctional officer positions remain protected from downgrading.
Drone Regulation Over Alabama Prisons Act
Operating an unmanned aircraft system over a Department of Corrections facility in listed circumstances, or introducing or attempting to introduce contraband by drone, is unlawful. “Facility” includes prisons, ADOC or contractor property to the outermost barrier, and public roads within 100 yards. Drones and attached contraband are subject to civil forfeiture.
For corrections staff: Drone drops at prisons are a specific offense, and the drone and its cargo can be forfeited.
Warrantless arrest of parolees narrowed; sheriffs may refuse parolees at a full or unsafe jail
A parole officer or a law enforcement officer with arrest power may arrest a parolee without a warrant if the parolee violates parole conditions in the arresting officer’s presence, and must notify the Board of Pardons and Paroles within 24 hours. The act struck the old arrest-on-request language and the written-statement procedure from 15-22-31(b). For probationers, an officer may arrest without a warrant when the probation officer requests it and the violation occurs in the officer’s presence (15-22-54(d)). A parolee may not be held more than 20 days awaiting a Department of Corrections warrant. “If the parolee is presented to the county jail with a serious medical condition, if the admittance of the parolee would create a security risk to the county jail, or if the jail is near, at, or over capacity, the sheriff may refuse to admit the parolee.” The sheriff may also release such a parolee on notice to the parole officer unless a warrant has issued, and the sheriff and staff are immune for that discretion. The Board and the courts must send parole and probation conditions to the State Law Enforcement Agency for the Law Enforcement Tactical System.
For corrections staff: Jail intake staff may decline a parolee hold for medical, security, or capacity reasons; parole officers must track the 20-day warrant limit.
Corrections commissioner and deputies with APOSTC certification count as correctional officers for hazardous duty time
For hazardous duty retirement credit, “correctional officer” now also includes the Commissioner of Corrections and a deputy commissioner who has earned and keeps APOSTC certification as a correctional or law enforcement officer. “The designation of the Commissioner of Corrections and a deputy commissioner of corrections as correctional officers or law enforcement officers for purposes of this section shall be applied retroactively to March 1, 2022.”
For corrections staff: ADOC leaders who keep APOSTC certification keep hazardous duty retirement treatment.
Facility policy can define contraband for the promoting-contraband crimes
Contraband now means “Any article or thing which a person confined in a detention facility is legally prohibited from obtaining or possessing by statute, rule, regulation, detention center policy, or order.” A facility’s own policy can therefore define contraband for the promoting-prison-contraband offenses. The offenses now also cover providing items to a juvenile. Promoting prison contraband in the first and second degree remain Class C felonies.
For corrections staff: Bringing in or passing an item banned only by facility policy can be charged as a crime.
Specialists, not only probation officers, may conduct court-ordered investigations
“A probation officer, or a specialist, shall investigate all cases referred to him or her for investigation by any court or by the Board of Pardons and Paroles and shall report in writing thereon,” using a validated risk and needs assessment. The act restates the probation officer’s duty to monitor each probationer according to measured risk of reoffending and to keep detailed records. Probation officers keep arrest powers equal to sheriffs’.
For corrections staff: Board specialists can now prepare presentence and other investigation reports.
Certified retirees may work as ADOC correctional officers without losing their pension, through 2026
A person retired under the Employees’ Retirement System who has the applicable APOSTC certification may work as a correctional officer with the Department of Corrections without suspension of the retirement allowance, if pay does not exceed $52,000 a year. This covers retirees who were classified as law enforcement officers under 36-27-59 before retirement, and retirees who were classified as correctional officers and retired under 36-27-16(a)(1)c. The subsection also covers former law enforcement officers serving as school resource officers. “No individual may be employed pursuant to this subsection after December 31, 2026.”
For corrections staff: A certified retiree can return to ADOC as a correctional officer and keep the pension, within the $52,000 cap, only until the end of 2026.
No deadline to buy hazardous duty credit for prior correctional service
Tier I members of the Employees’ or Teachers’ Retirement System who are APOSTC-certified correctional officers, law enforcement officers, or firefighters may buy hazardous duty credit for eligible prior service by paying 1% of earnable compensation for each year claimed. The act struck the requirement that the purchase be made “within two years of January 1, 2001,” and the current code no longer contains that deadline.
For corrections staff: Tier I correctional officers can still buy hazardous duty time for earlier service; Tier II members are excluded (36-27-59(d)).
APOSTC-certified Corrections officers, including canine handlers, may assist any law enforcement agency
“Any Department of Corrections officer certified by the Alabama Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission, including a K-9 handler, may use a police animal or search and rescue animal, as defined in Section 13A-11-260, Code of Alabama 1975, to assist any law enforcement agency with public safety.”
For corrections staff: ADOC canine teams may lawfully assist outside agencies, not only work inside prisons.
Enacted, not yet in force, pending, and bills that did not pass
- Retiree correctional officers (Act 2023-334): no one may be employed under 36-27-8.2(d) after December 31, 2026.
- Study commission (Act 2025-423, sec. 5): recommendations due by the 10th legislative day of the 2027 Regular Session.
- Pretrial supervision by the Board of Pardons and Paroles (Act 2023-474, SB 153, Code of Ala. 15-13-3.1): took effect September 1, 2023, but is “operative upon certification by the Director of Finance that sufficient funds have been appropriated.” Whether that certification has been made was not found. When operative, a judge may order, as a bond condition, that a defendant charged with an offense listed in 15-13-3 be supervised by the Board.
Not enacted: SB 316 (2026 Regular Session), which would have created a Prison Oversight Coordinator in the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts and a Corrections Oversight Board; the Legislature’s record shows it pending committee action in the house of origin when the session ended. The Officer Ledger page lists other 2026 bills that died, including SB 48 (ban on four-point restraint). No full list of failed corrections bills from 2023 to 2026 was compiled.
Checked and unchanged
- Code of Ala. 36-21-46 (standards) and 36-21-52 (felony revocation): no 2023 to 2026 amendment.
- Ala. Admin. Code 650-X-11-.01 (480-hour correctional officer course): last amended 2006, per the August 2025 APOSTC compilation.
- Code of Ala. 14-6-19.1 (pregnant and postpartum inmates): enacted by Act 2022-440, before the period tracked here.
- Not reviewed: ADOC administrative regulations on use of force and segregation, which are agency policy rather than statute or APOSTC rule.
Bills in the legislature
Bills in the current session whose title concerns corrections officers, jails, probation and parole, and conditions of confinement, found automatically in LegiScan's copy of the legislature's records and refreshed daily (last on October 21, 2026). This list is not reviewed by an editor and is not a summary of the bills; each links to the legislature's own page, which controls. Bills that become law are added to the dated entries above once checked.
- Introduced
HB54: Incarceration; supervised pre-incarceration probation for certain pregnant women provided for, self-surrender 12 weeks after birth required, criminal penalties for failure to surrender provided
Last action February 12, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar. 2026 Regular Session.
- Introduced
SB84: Incarceration; to require the Alabama Department of Public Health to adopt and enforce sanitation standards for food services in corrections facilities, county, and municipal jails
Last action February 25, 2026: Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar. 2026 Regular Session.
The law, section by section
Every section of the statutes and rules this page relies on that could be read from an official source, 108 in all, each linked to the official text. Headings are copied from the official tables of contents, checked October 21, 2026.
Code of Alabama 1975, Title 14, Chapter 1: Board and Department of CorrectionsStatute · 30 sections
Official text current through ALISON (Alabama Legislature) Code of Alabama shows no currency statement; hierarchy read 2026-10-21. Section list and headings read from the ALISON Code of Alabama data service (the public site's own GraphQL endpoint), since the site renders with JavaScript. Chapter has no articles. Ala. Code 14-1-1.1 to 14-1-25, official text
Chapter 1 Board and Department of Corrections.
- 14-1-1.1 Department of Corrections - Creation, Duties, Responsibilities, Etc.
- 14-1-1.2 Department of Corrections - Administration of Penal and Corrections Institutions.
- 14-1-1.3 Commissioner of Corrections - Appointment; Salary; Duties.
- 14-1-1.4 Commissioner of Corrections - Qualifications; Oath; Bond.
- 14-1-1.5 Deputy Commissioners; Appointment; Duties; Qualifications; Salary.
- 14-1-1.6 Release into Federal Custody of Persons Whose Federal Sentence Exceeds State Sentence.
- 14-1-1.7 Appointment of Administrators; Employees Appointed for Constituent Services.
- 14-1-4 Officers and Employees Generally.
- 14-1-4.1 Perry County Facility Employment and Appointments.
- 14-1-4.2 Use of Police Animal or Search and Rescue Animal to Assist with Public Safety.
- 14-1-5 Bond of Officers and Employees.
- 14-1-7 Administrative Divisions; Chiefs of Divisions.
- 14-1-8 Functions and Duties - Generally.
- 14-1-9 Functions and Duties - Advisor to Governor and Legislature; Notice to Governor and Legislature Prior to Construction of Permanent Facilities at Prisons.
- 14-1-10 Functions and Duties - Power and Authority - Exercise; Restrictions.
- 14-1-11 Functions and Duties - Power and Authority - Rules and Regulations.
- 14-1-12 Treatment, Care and Segregation of Tubercular and Other Convict Patients Needing Long-Time Hospitalization.
- 14-1-13 Fiscal Year; Annual Report; Periodic Recommendations.
- 14-1-14 Corrections Revolving Fund.
- 14-1-15 Duties, Authority, Property, Rights, Etc., of Board of Corrections Vested in Governor.
- 14-1-16 Board of Corrections Abolished; Rights, Duties, Powers, Property, Etc., Vested in Governor.
- 14-1-17 Governor Authorized to Exercise Functions, Designate Administrator, Set Salary and Designate Duties.
- 14-1-18 Capital Outlay Oversight Commission; Creation, Composition; Appointment; Meetings; Quorum; Capital Outlays and Capital Improvements; Compensation; Funding from Oil and Gas Leases.
- 14-1-19 Acceptance and Redispensing of Unused Prescription Medications.
- 14-1-20 Hiring and Retention of Correctional Officers.
- 14-1-21 Costs of Health Care Reimbursed to County; Per Diem for Housing and Care.
- 14-1-22 Agreements for Operation of Facilities.
- 14-1-23 Application and Memorandum of Agreement for County Jails; Procedures; Liability Coverage.
- 14-1-24 Quarterly Reports.
- 14-1-25 Use of Funds.
Code of Alabama 1975, Title 14, Chapters 3 and 6: Prison System and Jails (selected sections)Statute · 5 sections
Official text current through ALISON (Alabama Legislature) Code of Alabama shows no currency statement; hierarchy read 2026-10-21. Section list and headings read from the ALISON Code of Alabama data service (the public site's own GraphQL endpoint), since the site renders with JavaScript. Partial lists: only the sections the tracker page cites from these articles. Ala. Code 14-3-9, 14-3-13, 14-3-14, 14-6-1, 14-6-19.1, official text
Chapter 3 Prison System. Article 1 General Provisions.
- 14-3-9 Reporting of Violations of Law; Investigation and Inspection; Powers as Law Enforcement Officers; Minimum Standards.
- 14-3-13 Correctional Officers - Oath of Office.
- 14-3-14 Officers and Guards - Powers of Policemen.
Chapter 6 Jails. Article 1 General Provisions.
Code of Alabama 1975, Title 15, Chapter 22: Pardons, Paroles, and Probation (Article 2, and 15-22-53)Statute · 40 sections
Official text current through ALISON (Alabama Legislature) Code of Alabama shows no currency statement; hierarchy read 2026-10-21. Section list and headings read from the ALISON Code of Alabama data service (the public site's own GraphQL endpoint), since the site renders with JavaScript. Article 2 listed in full; from Article 3 only 15-22-53 (powers of probation officers), which the page cites. Ala. Code 15-22-20 to 15-22-40; 15-22-53, official text
Article 2 Pardons and Paroles.
- 15-22-20 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Creation; Composition; Compensation.
- 15-22-21 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Appointment and Duties of Director.
- 15-22-21.1 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Deputy Director for Parolee Rehabilitation.
- 15-22-22 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Furnishing of Offices and Supplies, Etc.
- 15-22-23 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Meetings; Conditions to Board Actions; Due Notice.
- 15-22-24 Board of Pardons and Paroles - Duties; Retirement of Parole Officers; Representation of Applicant by State Official; Supervision and Treatment; Training Requirements.
- 15-22-24.1 Board of Pardons and Paroles -- Certificate of Employability.
- 15-22-25 Investigation and Report on Sentenced Prisoner’s Social and Criminal Records.
- 15-22-26 Standards for Release of Inmates on Parole.
- 15-22-26.1 Hearing Officers.
- 15-22-26.2 Mandatory Supervision Period on Certain Sentences.
- 15-22-26.3 Sharing Electronic Monitoring Gps Data with Law Enforcement Agencies Authorized Under Certain Circumstances.
- 15-22-27 Pardon or Parole of Person Having Death Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment.
- 15-22-27.1 Parole of Persons Convicted of Certain Felonies or Attempts and Having Been Previously Convicted of Felonies or Attempts Resulting in Serious Physical Injury.
- 15-22-27.2 Parole of Persons Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Upon Second Convictions of Class a Felonies.
- 15-22-27.3 Pardon or Parole of Persons Convicted of Sex Offense Involving a Child.
- 15-22-27.4 Parole of Persons Convicted of Sex Offense Involving Person Under 13 Years of Age - Chemical Castration Treatment.
- 15-22-28 Investigation for Parole; Temporary Leave; Parole Restrictions; Parole Consideration Date.
- 15-22-29 Conditions of Parole; Adoption of Rules Concerning Conditions.
- 15-22-29.1 High Intensity Probation.
- 15-22-29.2 Notification Requirements Upon Arrest of Parolee for New Offense.
- 15-22-30 Charging Parolees Residing in Community Residential Facilities for Room and Board.
- 15-22-30.1 Establishment and Maintenance of Residential Transition Centers.
- 15-22-30.2 Pilot Program for Small Business Development by Ex-Offenders.
- 15-22-31 Warrant for Retaking Parolee; Arrest Without Warrant; Execution of Warrant and Fees Therefor.
- 15-22-31.1 Reporting Requirements for Conditions of Parole.
- 15-22-32 Parole Court; Hearing Officers; Sanctions; Delegation of Authority.
- 15-22-33 Discharge from Parole; Relief from Reports; Permission to Leave State or County.
- 15-22-34 Furnishing of Records by Board of Corrections.
- 15-22-35 Cooperation with Courts by Parole Officers.
- 15-22-36 Authority to Grant Pardons and Paroles, Remit Fines and Forfeitures, Etc.; Notice of Board Action.
- 15-22-36.1 Certificate of Eligibility to Register to Vote.
- 15-22-36.2 Victim Notification Implementation Task Force.
- 15-22-36.3 Notification of Participation by Inmate in Furlough, Leave, or Program.
- 15-22-36.4 Procedures and Application for Restoration of Voting Rights; Publication of Information.
- 15-22-37 Rulemaking Authority.
- 15-22-38 Duties of Board Mandatory; Powers Strictly Construed.
- 15-22-39 Penalty for Neglecting or Failing to Perform Duty.
- 15-22-40 When Pardon, Etc., Null and Void.
Article 3 Probation.
- 15-22-53 Powers and Duties of Probation Officers; Restrictions on Inspection of Records, Reports, Etc., of Probation Officers.
Code of Alabama 1975, Title 36, Chapter 21, Article 3, Division 1: Peace Officers' Standards and Training CommissionStatute · 15 sections
Official text current through ALISON (Alabama Legislature) Code of Alabama shows no currency statement; hierarchy read 2026-10-21. Section list and headings read from the ALISON Code of Alabama data service (the public site's own GraphQL endpoint), since the site renders with JavaScript. Same division as the Officer Ledger library, re-read 2026-10-21. Division 2 (employment database, 36-21-55 to 36-21-55.5) is in the Officer Ledger library. Ala. Code 36-21-40 to 36-21-52, official text
Article 3 Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Commission. Division 1 General Provisions.
- 36-21-40 Definitions.
- 36-21-41 Created; Composition; Qualifications, Designation, and Terms of Office of Members; Adoption of Bylaws.
- 36-21-42 Officers and Employees.
- 36-21-43 Meetings; Official Seal.
- 36-21-44 Compensation and Reimbursement for Expenses of Members.
- 36-21-45 Functions and Duties Generally.
- 36-21-46 Standards for Applicants and Appointees for Employment as Law Enforcement Officers.
- 36-21-47 Peace Officers’ Standards and Training Fund.
- 36-21-47.1 Remittance of Court Costs to Fund.
- 36-21-48 Appropriations and Grants to Commission by Municipalities and Counties and Disposition Thereof.
- 36-21-49 Agreements and Cooperation by Law Enforcement Agencies.
- 36-21-50 Penalty for Violation of Provisions of Article or Standards, Rules, Etc., Promulgated Thereunder.
- 36-21-51 Municipal Chiefs of Police or Law Enforcement Officers to Complete Annual Continuing Education Courses.
- 36-21-51.1 Training Related to Individuals with Certain Sensory Needs or Invisible Disabilities.
- 36-21-52 Revocation of Certification or Authority of Law Enforcement Officer Upon Conviction of Felony.
Code of Alabama 1975, other cited sections: justification for force, county duty to maintain a jailStatute · 2 sections
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Title 13A, Chapter 3, Article 2 Justification and Excuse.
- 13A-3-27 Use of Force in Making an Arrest or Preventing an Escape.
Title 11, Chapter 14 Acquisition, Erection, Maintenance, Etc., of Buildings, Property, Roads, Etc., Generally.
- 11-14-10 Duty to Erect Courthouses, Jails, Hospitals, and Other County Buildings.
Alabama Administrative Code, Chapters 650-X-2, 650-X-11 and 650-X-12: APOSTC standards, correctional officer certification, continuing educationRules · 16 sections
Official text current through Chapter PDFs from admincode.legislature.state.al.us/api/chapter/650-X-2, -11 and -12, read 2026-10-21; page footers "Revised 8/14/25". Headings from each chapter PDF's table of contents (the site is JavaScript-only; PDFs are served by its own API); TOC line breaks joined. Partial list of ch. 650-X: the three chapters the page cites for correctional officers. 650-X-12-.04 (REPEALED) omitted. The rest of 650-X is in the Officer Ledger library. Ala. Admin. Code chs. 650-X-2, 650-X-11, 650-X-12, official text
Chapter 650-X-2 REQUIRED STANDARDS FOR APPOINTEES AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FOR APPLICANTS FOR CERTIFICATION AS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
- 650-X-2-.01 Training
- 650-X-2-.02 Age
- 650-X-2-.03 Education Requirement
- 650-X-2-.04 Physical Examinations And Psychological Evaluations
- 650-X-2-.05 Character
- 650-X-2-.06 Applicants To Be Citizens and Fluent in the English Language
- 650-X-2-.07 Discharge From Armed Services
- 650-X-2-.08 Driver License
- 650-X-2-.09 Application Package Required
Chapter 650-X-11 CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
- 650-X-11-.01 Education Requirements
- 650-X-11-.02 Employment Requirements
- 650-X-11-.03 Correctional Officers (Course Of Study)
- 650-X-11-.04 Correctional Officer Waiver For Lateral Entry Equivalency Training
Chapter 650-X-12 CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
- 650-X-12-.01 Executive Continuing Education
- 650-X-12-.02 Continuing Education
- 650-X-12-.03 Firearms Re-qualification
Other provisions the page cites but not listed here: Ala. Code 13A-10-11 (employment while decertified) and 36-21-55.1 (employment database), both in the Officer Ledger library.
USCLI's source monitor re-reads the 36 official sources cited on this page around the clock; 4 answered unchanged at their latest check. The oldest of those checks was on October 21, 2026.
Last updated October 21, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & InvestigationCite as: United States Council for Law & Investigation, “Alabama corrections law: Corrections Ledger,” uscli.org/corrections-tracker/alabama (last updated October 21, 2026). Text licensed CC BY 4.0.