2021 Tennessee Code
Title 4 - State Government
Chapter 6 - Department of Correction — Administration of Institutions

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 4-6-101. Charitable Institutions Free From Charters - All charitable institutions owned and operated by the state are...

§ 4-6-102. Penitentiaries for Adults — Management by Department of Correction - The management and government of the state penitentiaries for adults...

§ 4-6-103. Wardens and Superintendents — Appointment - The state penitentiary shall be under the immediate executive control...

§ 4-6-105. No Impairment, Interruption or Diminution of Employee Rights, Salary, Benefits, Leave Accumulation or Employment on Transfer of Career Service Employees to the Department of Correction - The initial transfer of any career service employee pursuant to...

§ 4-6-106. Compensation Plan for Correctional Officers - The commissioner of correction shall formulate and implement a compensation...

§ 4-6-109. Hospitalization of Inmates - Whenever, in the judgment of the physician or physicians in...

§ 4-6-110. Dentists — Appointment and Removal - The commissioner of the department having control of the state...

§ 4-6-111. Dentists — Facilities - The superintendent of each of the institutions specified in §...

§ 4-6-113. Dentists — Compensation - Each dentist appointed pursuant to § 4-6-110 shall receive compensation...

§ 4-6-114. Architects and Construction Supervisors - The commissioner vested with the administration of the institutions named...

§ 4-6-115. Detail of Construction Personnel Between Penitentiaries - The commissioner of correction has the authority to detail any...

§ 4-6-117. Monthly Reports of Receipts and Expenditures - It is the duty of each warden and superintendent to...

§ 4-6-118. Estimates — Monthly Estimates Required - For the purpose of proper regulation, recording and auditing the...

§ 4-6-119. Estimates — Review by Commissioner of Correction - The commissioner of correction shall review the estimates required by...

§ 4-6-120. Estimates — Staple Articles - Estimates for periods longer than one (1) month may be...

§ 4-6-121. Estimates — Contingent Funds - Each estimate under §§ 4-6-118 — 4-6-123 may include a...

§ 4-6-122. Estimates — Approved Copies - The commissioner of correction shall return to the managing officer...

§ 4-6-123. Estimates — Review by Commissioner of Finance and Administration — Warrants - The commissioner of finance and administration shall ascertain that the...

§ 4-6-124. Vouchers — Form and Disposition - Itemized payrolls or vouchers for penitentiaries named in § 4-6-102...

§ 4-6-125. Vouchers — Officer's Certification - Each voucher shall contain a statement of the managing officer...

§ 4-6-126. Vouchers — Form of Certificate — Temporary Employment Payrolls - The statement provided for in § 4-6-125 shall be made...

§ 4-6-129. Appropriations — Requests - Each superintendent and warden of an institution named in §...

§ 4-6-130. Appropriations — Tabulation of Requests — Presentation to General Assembly - The commissioner having control of such institution shall tabulate such...

§ 4-6-131. Appropriations — Maintenance Allowance Included in Requests - For the purpose of requesting appropriations from the general assembly,...

§ 4-6-132. Appropriations — Special Needs Itemized in Requests - Every special need shall be itemized and the appropriation asked...

§ 4-6-133. Appropriations — Information on Requests - The commissioner of correction shall furnish to the governor and...

§ 4-6-134. Appropriations — Commissioner's Control - It is the intent that all requests for appropriations for...

§ 4-6-137. Sale of Mining Products — Petros Mines - The commissioner of correction, by and with the consent and...

§ 4-6-138. Use of Inmates for Personal Gain - It is unlawful for any person having supervision or control...

§ 4-6-139. Unlawful Use of Inmates — Class E Felony - A violation of § 4-6-138 is a Class E felony.

§ 4-6-141. Investigations Ordered by Governor - The governor, in the governor's discretion, may at any time...

§ 4-6-142. Interstate Traveling Expenses - No expenditures for traveling expenses to other states, or for...

§ 4-6-145. Information From Clerks, Superintendents, and Jailers - The clerks of all trial courts exercising criminal jurisdiction, the...

§ 4-6-148. Temporary Retention of Disabled Correctional Officer or Youth Service Worker - Whenever a correctional officer or youth service worker is injured...

Part 2 - Volunteer Inmate Work Program

§ 4-6-202. Funding - Funds available for the development and implementation of a volunteer...