Corrections Department; authorize Commissioner of Department of Corrections to contract with foreign nations to confine Alabama inmates.

HB 618 would authorize the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections to enter into contracts with foreign nations. These contracts would allow for the confinement of Alabama inmates in public or private correctional facilities located in those foreign countries. This expands the state's current ability to contract with other U.S. states for inmate confinement. The bill specifies that these agreements with foreign governments should follow terms similar to existing interstate compacts.