- (a) All records maintained by the department in the name of an individual prisoner, including medical records, shall be the property of the department.
- (b) In any pro se civil action subject to this chapter, where the State of Alabama, an agency of the State of Alabama, an employee of the State of Alabama, or a private contractor providing services to the department is named as a defendant, the commissioner of the department may share any records maintained in the name of the prisoner filing suit with counsel representing the above-named defendants.
(Act 2013-115, p. 231, §8.)