Section 14-6-83 Power to condemn jails. - Alabama Statutes

Section 14-6-83

Power to condemn jails.

The Board of Corrections, subject to appeal to the Governor, may condemn jails, prisons and almshouses and may prohibit the further use of the same for the confinement of prisoners or inmates when, in its opinion, the unsanitary or insecure conditions warrant it.

(Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4855; Code 1940, T. 45, §162.)