Section 12-16-191 Duty of grand juries as to inspection of county jail, etc. - Alabama Statutes

Section 12-16-191

Duty of grand juries as to inspection of county jail, etc.

It shall be the duty of the grand jury to make a personal inspection of the condition of the county jail in regard to its sufficiency for the safekeeping of prisoners, their accommodation and health and to inquire into the manner in which the same has been kept since the last session of the court. If it shall be found that such jail is not constructed in the manner prescribed by law and so strongly and securely built as to prevent the escape of prisoners confined therein and properly ventilated, the grand jury shall, as often as may be necessary, cause the persons composing the county commission at the time such jail was insufficient to be indicted.

(Code 1852, §§544, 772; Code 1867, §§906, 4094; Code 1876, §§825, 4767; Code 1886, §4341; Code 1896, §5026; Code 1907, §7287; Code 1923, §8669; Code 1940, T. 30, §76.)