No inmate shall be punished in any other way than is provided in this title, except by the authority of the commissioner of correction.
Code 1858, § 5520; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7539; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12138; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-721.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates
§ 41-21-401. Defense Against Violence or Attempt to Escape
§ 41-21-402. Solitary Confinement
§ 41-21-403. Report of Inmates in Solitary
§ 41-21-404. Unauthorized Means of Punishment
§ 41-21-405. Self-Inflicted Wounds by Inmate to Escape Labor — Punishment