After examination and commitment of prisoners, the jailer shall convey letters from prisoners to their counsel and others, sealing and putting them in the post office if required. The jailer shall also admit, without charge, persons having business with prisoners and shall remain present at all interviews between prisoners and others, except their counsel.
Code 1858, § 5421 (deriv. Acts 1826, ch. 45, § 1); Shan., § 7432; Code 1932, § 12041; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1114.
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
§ 41-4-101. Duty of Sheriff — Appointment of Jailer
§ 41-4-102. Delivery of Jail and Prisoners to Successor in Office
§ 41-4-103. Persons Confined — Evaluation Authorized
§ 41-4-104. Inmates en Route to Penitentiary
§ 41-4-108. Support of Prisoners
§ 41-4-110. Segregation of Sexes
§ 41-4-114. Correspondence and Visitors
§ 41-4-117. Violation as Misdemeanor
§ 41-4-118. Employment of Guard
§ 41-4-120. Board in Guarding Prisoner
§ 41-4-121. Safekeeping of Prisoners — Sufficient Jails
§ 41-4-122. Guard for Removal of Prisoner
§ 41-4-123. Redelivery to Place of Trial
§ 41-4-124. Allowance of Expenses
§ 41-4-126. Allowance for Additional Guards
§ 41-4-127. Transportation Appropriations by Counties Having No Jail
§ 41-4-128. Accounts of Appropriated Funds
§ 41-4-129. Accounts of Sheriffs and Jailers
§ 41-4-133. Filing of Sheriff's Bills
§ 41-4-134. Compliance as Prerequisite to Payment
§ 41-4-135. Refund to State of Costs Collected From Defendant
§ 41-4-136. Monthly Audit of Jailer's Fees
§ 41-4-137. Refund to County of Fees Collected From Defendant