Clothing, Bedding, Medical Attention, and Feminine Hygiene Products.
Applied in 14 court decisions — leading case Lancaster v. Monroe County (1997)
Most recently applied in Barbara Donald v. Tyler Norris (March 2025)
(Code 1852, §243; Code 1867, §3791; Code 1876, §4493; Code 1886, §4542; Code 1896, §4953; Code 1907, §7198; Code 1923, §4808; Code 1940, T. 45, §125; Act 2019-306, §1.)
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The sheriff of a county shall provide to prisoners at the expense of the county, all of the following:
(1) Necessary clothing and bedding.
(2) Necessary medicine and medical attention to those prisoners who are sick or injured, when they are unable to provide them for themselves.
(3) Feminine hygiene products to female prisoners, as soon as is practicable, upon request by the female prisoner.
Official source: Alabama Legislature (ALISON). Reproduced from public-domain Alabama statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.