2014 Code of Alabama
Title 14 - CRIMINAL CORRECTIONAL AND DETENTION FACILITIES.
Chapter 3 - PRISON SYSTEM.
Section 14-3-52 - Punishment - Cruel or excessive punishment; corporal punishment; records to be kept.
No cruel or excessive punishment shall be inflicted on any convict, no corporal punishment of any kind shall be inflicted except as it shall have been previously prescribed by the rules of the Board of Corrections and of which the convict shall have been notified and such punishment shall be inflicted only by the party authorized by the board to inflict it. The person authorized to inflict punishment shall keep a well-bound book, to be known as the "record of punishments," in which he shall record all punishments, of whatever character, inflicted on convicts, giving the name of the convict punished, the offense and the date, character and exact extent or quantity of punishment; and it shall be the duty of the board to carefully examine this record at least once in each month. Any false entry in such record or any failure to make entry therein, as required by this section, is a misdemeanor.
(Code 1886, §4654; Code 1896, §4489; Code 1907, §6543; Code 1923, §3639; Code 1940, T. 45, §49.)Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Alabama may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
