Pimps are illegal in Alabama, and several cities (plus at least one county) outlaw prostitution itself here, but statewide it's legal.Always has been.
Always will be.
But the great irony is that you'll find the hookers in those few areas where it is against the law. Again, it isn't the law that has anything to do with it; it's what is in hearts and minds. Those are the areas where society has broken down...the law is merely a band-aid attempt to patch up something more *fundamental* that is already broken.