Any county not desiring to work its workhouse prisoners may, through its county mayor, by direction of the county legislative body, contract with any other county for the custody and employment of such prisoners. The prisoners shall then be worked and guarded by the county contracting to take them and shall be subject to any rules that may be established by the workhouse commissioners of that county.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
§ 41-2-103. Sentence to County Workhouse
§ 41-2-105. Labor Prescribed for Prisoners
§ 41-2-108. Sheriff as Superintendent
§ 41-2-112. Fine Accompanying Sentence to Workhouse
§ 41-2-113. Sentence to Workhouse in Lieu of Jail
§ 41-2-117. Workhouse Sentence Beginning After Term in Penitentiary
§ 41-2-124. Work Contracts With Other Counties
§ 41-2-125. Contracts With Department of Transportation
§ 41-2-131. Grounds for Refusal to Release Prisoner
§ 41-2-132. Contracts With Other Governmental Agencies for Accepting Work Release Prisoners
§ 41-2-133. Institution of Work Release Programs by Counties — Costs
§ 41-2-135. Petition to Come Under the Work Release Program
§ 41-2-136. Grounds for Removal From Program
§ 41-2-137. Failure to Return From Work on Time as Evidence of Intent to Escape — Penalty
§ 41-2-138. Monthly Report to Sentencing Judge
§ 41-2-139. Liability of Participating Prisoners for Program Costs
§ 41-2-140. Disbursement of Wages — Duty of Warden
§ 41-2-144. Inmate Incentive Program
§ 41-2-151. Interlocal Agreements for Joint Operation of Workhouses