{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-8.1","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 13A-5-8.1","heading":"Termination from Alternative Programs.","body":"If a defendant is participating in a court supervised evidence-based treatment program, as that term is defined in Section 12-25-32, a court ordered faith-based program, or any other court ordered rehabilitative program and is subsequently terminated from that program, the court may then order that the defendant be confined in either a prison, jail-type institution, treatment institution, or a consenting community corrections program. The court shall impose a sentence length that complies with either Section 13A-5-6, Section 13A-5-9, or the sentencing guidelines, whichever is applicable. Nothing in this section shall preclude the court from imposing a split sentence under Section 15-18-8 or from suspending a sentence under Section 15-22-50. Nothing in this section shall limit the court’s discretion with regard to any defendant ordered to participate in a court supervised evidence-based treatment program, as that term is defined in Section 12-25-32, a court ordered faith-based program, or any other court ordered rehabilitative program, whether pre-trial, pre-trial adjudication, or as a condition of bond.","path":["Title 13A Criminal Code.","Chapter 5 Punishments and Sentences.","Article 1 General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=13A-5-8.1","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:53Z","sha256":"cca1e3958cf7e613fb535745302130a54578aa621acba787fd1e3f9242e5159a","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-8","next":"us-al/ala.-code-13a-5-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}