2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates

§ 41-1-127. Survey Evaluating Employment Conditions and Factors Relating to Retention of Correction Officers — Annual Report - In addition to other reports required by this part, the...

Part 2 - Women's Penitentiary

§ 41-1-201. Female Unit Established - The female unit of the state penitentiary shall be a...

§ 41-1-203. Authority and Powers - The warden of the female institution mentioned in § 41-1-201...

Part 4 - Legislative Guidelines for Correctional Policy

§ 41-1-402. Labor of Inmates - The intent of the general assembly regarding the labor of...

§ 41-1-403. Classification System - A sound classification system is necessary for an efficient and...

§ 41-1-404. Alternatives in Sentencing - The general assembly finds that the following policy statements regarding...

§ 41-1-405. Impact on Local Correction Systems - The general assembly finds that a continuing evaluation of the...

§ 41-1-406. Early Release Procedure - There shall be a statutory procedure whereby the governor, in...

§ 41-1-407. Training of Correctional Personnel - All state correctional personnel shall receive appropriate and adequate training...

§ 41-1-408. Medical Care - The department of correction shall provide adequate medical care, including...

§ 41-1-409. Construction of Prison Facilities - If the department is planning the construction of additional state...

§ 41-1-410. Coordinated Management Philosophy - Individual programs aimed at managing inmate behavior should be coordinated...

§ 41-1-411. Adding Local Facilities to Corrections System - While adding local facilities may be beneficial for the total...

Part 5 - Reduction of Prison Overcrowding

§ 41-1-509. Transfers of Inmates - During any period in which reductions of release eligibility dates...

§ 41-1-510. Participation in Time Reduction Programs - Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all prisoners sentenced...

Part 6 - Development District Correction Act

§ 41-1-601. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-1-604. Advisory Board - The sheriff or sheriffs and district attorney general or district...

Chapter 2 - County Workhouses

§ 41-2-102. Jail as Workhouse - Any county not having provided a separate workhouse may, through...

§ 41-2-103. Sentence to County Workhouse - It is the duty of the judges of the circuit...

§ 41-2-105. Labor Prescribed for Prisoners - The board of workhouse commissioners shall prescribe the kind of...

§ 41-2-106. Quarterly Audit - The board of workhouse commissioners shall, at the close of...

§ 41-2-108. Sheriff as Superintendent - Whenever the jail in any county has been declared a...

§ 41-2-109. Care of Prisoners - It is the duty of the superintendent to:

§ 41-2-112. Fine Accompanying Sentence to Workhouse - When any person is sentenced to the workhouse, the judge...

§ 41-2-113. Sentence to Workhouse in Lieu of Jail - In all cases where a person is by law liable...

§ 41-2-117. Workhouse Sentence Beginning After Term in Penitentiary - When any inmate is sentenced by the courts to the...

§ 41-2-124. Work Contracts With Other Counties - Any county not desiring to work its workhouse prisoners may,...

§ 41-2-125. Contracts With Department of Transportation - The department of transportation is authorized to enter into and...

§ 41-2-126. Contract to Bail Out Prisoner — Surrender of Prisoner by Bailee — Action Against Delinquent Bailee - State of Tennessee, County of . I, , principal, and...

§ 41-2-131. Grounds for Refusal to Release Prisoner - The warden, superintendent or other person in charge of a...

§ 41-2-132. Contracts With Other Governmental Agencies for Accepting Work Release Prisoners - The warden, superintendent, prison keeper or other administrative head of...

§ 41-2-133. Institution of Work Release Programs by Counties — Costs - not less than nor more than 14,400 14,500 19,500 19,600...

§ 41-2-135. Petition to Come Under the Work Release Program - A prisoner desiring to come under the work release program...

§ 41-2-136. Grounds for Removal From Program - Any prisoner placed under the work release program may be...

§ 41-2-137. Failure to Return From Work on Time as Evidence of Intent to Escape — Penalty - In the event a prisoner placed under the work release...

§ 41-2-138. Monthly Report to Sentencing Judge - The warden of the workhouse shall file a monthly report...

§ 41-2-139. Liability of Participating Prisoners for Program Costs - Any prisoner placed under the work release program who has...

§ 41-2-140. Disbursement of Wages — Duty of Warden - The warden of the workhouse shall be responsible for the...

§ 41-2-144. Inmate Incentive Program - All counties in the state having duly adopted a consolidated...

§ 41-2-151. Interlocal Agreements for Joint Operation of Workhouses - Nothing in this chapter or any other provision of general...

Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses

§ 41-3-101. Municipal Correctional Houses Authorized - The authorities of any incorporated town may provide such lands,...

§ 41-3-103. Payment of Earnings to Prisoner Held for Safekeeping - If a prisoner is confined for safekeeping, the prisoner's earnings,...

§ 41-3-104. Detention for Failure to Pay Fines and Costs - If a prisoner is confined for failure to pay a...

§ 41-3-105. Detention After Term of Imprisonment - After the term for which a prisoner is imprisoned has...

Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers

§ 41-4-101. Duty of Sheriff — Appointment of Jailer - The sheriff of the county has, except in cases otherwise...

§ 41-4-102. Delivery of Jail and Prisoners to Successor in Office - Code 1858, §§ 5407, 5408 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch....

§ 41-4-103. Persons Confined — Evaluation Authorized - Code 1932, § 11980; Acts 1978, ch. 602, § 1;...

§ 41-4-104. Inmates en Route to Penitentiary - It is the duty of the jailer to receive and...

§ 41-4-105. Federal Prisoners - The jailer is liable for failing to receive and safely...

§ 41-4-106. Filing of Process - The mittimus or process by which any prisoner is committed...

§ 41-4-108. Support of Prisoners - Every person committed to jail may furnish that person's own...

§ 41-4-109. Food and Bedding - The jailer shall furnish adequate food and bedding. Code 1858,...

§ 41-4-110. Segregation of Sexes - Male and female prisoners, except husband and wife, shall not...

§ 41-4-111. Cleanliness - The jailers shall enforce cleanliness in their respective jails. They...

§ 41-4-112. Keys Kept at Jail - It is the duty of the sheriff, where the jail...

§ 41-4-113. Night Duty - The sheriff or other person shall remain in the jail...

§ 41-4-114. Correspondence and Visitors - After examination and commitment of prisoners, the jailer shall convey...

§ 41-4-116. Jail Inspectors - Code 1858, §§ 5425-5427 (deriv. Acts 1826, ch. 45, §...

§ 41-4-117. Violation as Misdemeanor - A violation of any of the provisions of §§ 41-4-108...

§ 41-4-118. Employment of Guard - In all cases where a defendant charged with the commission...

§ 41-4-120. Board in Guarding Prisoner - Whenever any officer has to pay necessary expenses for board...

§ 41-4-121. Safekeeping of Prisoners — Sufficient Jails - Code 1858, §§ 5402-5404 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 126,...

§ 41-4-122. Guard for Removal of Prisoner - The sheriff is authorized to employ as many as two...

§ 41-4-123. Redelivery to Place of Trial - The prisoner shall be delivered to the sheriff or deputy...

§ 41-4-124. Allowance of Expenses - When the court orders the prisoner to be carried to...

§ 41-4-125. Proof of Costs - The jailer in cases specified in § 41-4-124 may prove...

§ 41-4-126. Allowance for Additional Guards - If the court directs the sheriff to summon more than...

§ 41-4-127. Transportation Appropriations by Counties Having No Jail - The county legislative bodies of counties that have no jail...

§ 41-4-128. Accounts of Appropriated Funds - It is the duty of the county trustee to keep...

§ 41-4-129. Accounts of Sheriffs and Jailers - Sheriffs and jailers shall make written statements of account, properly...

§ 41-4-132. Sheriff's Fees - The accounts of sheriffs for keeping prisoners in their respective...

§ 41-4-133. Filing of Sheriff's Bills - The clerk of the court shall then file the bills...

§ 41-4-134. Compliance as Prerequisite to Payment - The commissioner of finance and administration shall not issue warrants...

§ 41-4-135. Refund to State of Costs Collected From Defendant - If costs are afterward collected from the defendant or the...

§ 41-4-136. Monthly Audit of Jailer's Fees - The jailer's fees for county prisoners shall be referred monthly...

§ 41-4-137. Refund to County of Fees Collected From Defendant - If, after the hearing of any case in any of...

§ 41-4-143. Report on Prisoners Escaping From Work Details - The sheriff shall within thirty (30) days report to the...

Chapter 6 - Restitution

Part 1 - Restitution Centers Act of 1976

§ 41-6-101. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-6-103. Work Outside Center - The commissioner of correction may permit certain inmates to leave...

§ 41-6-104. Domicile of Inmates - Inmates assigned to restitution centers may be domiciled in correction...

§ 41-6-105. Inmate Earnings — Board Charges - When inmates are employed pursuant to this part, the department...

§ 41-6-106. Disbursement of Earnings - After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of...

§ 41-6-107. Approval of Procedures for Handling Earnings - Procedure for the handling of all funds as set forth...

§ 41-6-108. Failure to Return - In the event inmates participating in restitution employment programs fail...

§ 41-6-109. Screening Inmates - Participating inmates shall be carefully screened and the committing courts...

Part 2 - Tennessee Restitution Industries

§ 41-6-201. Purpose - It is the purpose of this part to:

§ 41-6-202. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-6-204. Wages - Any agreement pursuant to § 41-6-203 shall contain provisions assuring...

Part 3 - Inmate-Produced Arts and Crafts

§ 41-6-301. Purpose - It is the purpose of this part to:

§ 41-6-302. Part Definitions - As used in the part, unless the context otherwise requires:

Chapter 7 - Tennessee Corrections Institute

§ 41-7-101. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-7-103. Purposes and Duties - The Tennessee corrections institute shall:

§ 41-7-108. Technical and Programmatic Assistance — Inspections - At the request of the commissioner of correction, the institute...

Chapter 8 - County Correctional Incentives Act of 1981

§ 41-8-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-8-102. Purpose of Chapter - This chapter provides financial incentives to counties to house additional...

§ 41-8-103. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-8-108. Commissioner to Promulgate Rules - The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules in...

§ 41-8-113. Special Account to Be Established - There is authorized to be established in the general fund...

§ 41-8-114. Counties Free to Seek Other Aid - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the...

§ 41-8-115. Federal Funds - The commissioner is authorized and empowered to seek and receive...

§ 41-8-118. Participation of Regional Jail Authority - A regional jail authority created pursuant to chapter 12 of...

Chapter 9 - Community Work Projects for Probationers

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 41-9-104. Liability for Injury - No charitable organization or governmental entity authorized by § 41-9-102...

Part 2 - County Community Work Projects for Probationers -

Chapter 10 - Correction Volunteer Services

§ 41-10-101. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-10-103. Duties of Department of Correction - The department shall:

Chapter 11 - Inmate Reimbursement to the County Act of 1995

§ 41-11-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-11-102. “County Jail” Defined - For purposes of this chapter, “county jail” includes county workhouses.

§ 41-11-103. Reimbursement of Imprisonment Expenses - A county may seek reimbursement for any expense incurred by...

§ 41-11-104. Denial of Certain Privileges Prohibited - The failure of an inmate to provide information on the...

§ 41-11-105. Reporting of Inmates and Financial and Other Information - At the request of the county mayor or a designee...

§ 41-11-106. Investigation of Reports - The county legislative body or the county mayor may investigate...

§ 41-11-109. Homestead Exemption - The county shall not enforce any judgment obtained under this...

§ 41-11-110. Cooperation by Judge and Sheriff of Inmate's Home County - The sentencing judge and the sheriff of any county in...

§ 41-11-111. Disposition of Funds - The reimbursements secured under this chapter shall be credited to...

Chapter 12 - Regional Jail Authority Act

§ 41-12-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-12-103. Purpose of Authority - The general purpose of an authority created pursuant to this...

§ 41-12-104. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-12-109. Powers of Authority - An authority shall be deemed to be an instrumentality exercising...

§ 41-12-110. Applicability of Statutory Requirements Regarding Jails and Jailers - The provisions of chapter 4 of this title concerning requirements...

§ 41-12-112. Powers of Creating or Participating Governmental Entities - Any creating or participating governmental entity has all necessary powers...

§ 41-12-119. Authority as Governing Body - The authority shall be considered a governing body for purposes...

§ 41-12-120. Authority as Governmental Entity - The authority shall be considered a governmental entity for purposes...

§ 41-12-121. Authority as Public Agency - The authority shall be considered a public agency for purposes...

§ 41-12-122. Records Open to Public Inspection - The records of the authority shall be open to public...

§ 41-12-123. Construction With Other Laws - If any law or private act conflicts with this chapter,...

§ 41-12-124. Liberal Construction - This chapter is remedial in nature and shall be liberally...

Chapter 21 - Inmates

Part 1 - Reception of Inmates

§ 41-21-101. Escort Furnished by Commissioner - The commissioner of correction shall designate some official or employee,...

§ 41-21-102. Persons Sentenced to Imprisonment - Inmates sentenced to the penitentiary for life, or any term...

§ 41-21-103. Reception on Commutation of Sentence - The warden shall also receive into the penitentiary, under the...

§ 41-21-104. Delivery of Copy of Sentence - A certified copy of the sentence shall be delivered with...

§ 41-21-106. Report of Confinement of First Offenders - Wardens and superintendents shall report the confinement of first term...

§ 41-21-107. Information Recorded on Reception - Code 1858, § 5499 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, §...

§ 41-21-108. Search of Inmate and Baggage - The baggage and person of the inmate shall also be...

§ 41-21-109. Precautions Against Contagious Disease - To prevent the introduction of contagious disorders, the warden shall...

Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates

§ 41-21-201. Duty of Warden - The warden is charged with the duty of treating the...

§ 41-21-202. Grading and Classification of Inmates - The inmates shall be graded and classified in such a...

§ 41-21-203. Cleanliness and Health Measures - Code 1858, § 5508 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, §...

§ 41-21-204. Medical and Psychological Care - Code 1858, §§ 5461, 5484-5487 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38,...

§ 41-21-205. Censorship of Mail - The commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designated representative, has...

§ 41-21-207. Work or Education of Inmates - Code 1858, § 5502; Acts 1883, ch. 171, § 3;...

§ 41-21-208. Work Within and Outside Prisons - Code 1858, § 5532; Shan., § 7551; mod. Code 1932,...

§ 41-21-209. Murderers and Rapists Not to Work Outside - No inmate under sentence for the crime of murder or...

§ 41-21-210. Employment Adapted to Inmate's Condition - The particular employment of each inmate shall be such as...

§ 41-21-211. Bibles Furnished - Each inmate shall be provided with a Bible, which the...

§ 41-21-216. Custody of Prisoners' Personal Belongings and Funds - Code 1858, §§ 5477-5480 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, §§...

§ 41-21-217. Funds Subject to Fines and Costs - The funds received by the warden under § 41-21-216 are...

§ 41-21-218. Notice of Rules to Inmates - Regulations provided for in this part, with all others adopted...

§ 41-21-219. Clothing, Money and Transportation Furnished on Discharge - Code 1858, § 5528; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.),...

§ 41-21-220. Report of Injuries and Deaths - The warden at the main prison or any branch prison...

§ 41-21-221. Examination and Burial of Deceased Prisoners - Code 1858, §§ 5529, 5530; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex....

§ 41-21-222. Mental Examination of Persons Eligible for Release or Parole - The department of mental health and substance abuse services, as...

§ 41-21-223. Complaint for Judicial Commitment of Person Scheduled for Release to Hospital or Treatment Resource — Stay of Release Pending Completion of Hearing - If the commissioner of correction determines from an examination that...

§ 41-21-225. Registration of Parolees - All persons released on parole shall immediately register in person...

§ 41-21-239. Work Release or Furlough of Dangerous Inmates — Notice to Law Enforcement Officials - If a person under the custody of the department of...

§ 41-21-241. Meals and Supplemental Provisions Between Meals for Pregnant Prisoners or Detainees - A correctional institution shall provide a pregnant prisoner or detainee...

§ 41-21-244. Study and Audit of Number of Incarcerated Nonviolent Offenders Who Have Not Been Convicted - The comptroller of the treasury is urged to study and...

Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates

§ 41-21-301. Process in Civil Actions - Process in a civil action against an inmate in the...

§ 41-21-302. Right to Counsel - If a bill or petition is filed against an inmate...

§ 41-21-303. Return on Failure to Answer - If the inmate declines to answer the bill, petition or...

§ 41-21-304. Depositions - Code 1858, §§ 5552, 5553 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38,...

§ 41-21-305. Writ for Appearance to Testify in Criminal Case - Whenever the presiding judge of any court has reason to...

§ 41-21-306. Warden's Duty to Produce Witness - It is the duty of the warden, upon the service...

§ 41-21-307. Warden's Powers in Removing Inmates to and From Court - The warden of the penitentiary, in removing inmates to and...

§ 41-21-308. Keeping Prisoner in Jail en Route - The sheriff or jailer of the county in which the...

§ 41-21-309. Return to Penitentiary After Testifying - When an inmate has testified, the deputy and guard shall...

§ 41-21-310. Liability for Escape en Route - The inmate, deputy and guard, in going from and to...

Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates

§ 41-21-401. Defense Against Violence or Attempt to Escape - When personal violence is offered by a inmate to an...

§ 41-21-402. Solitary Confinement - Code 1858, §§ 5518, 5519 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38,...

§ 41-21-403. Report of Inmates in Solitary - It is the duty of the warden to report immediately...

§ 41-21-404. Unauthorized Means of Punishment - No inmate shall be punished in any other way than...

§ 41-21-405. Self-Inflicted Wounds by Inmate to Escape Labor — Punishment - If any person confined in the penitentiary, in a county...

§ 41-21-406. Inmates as Witnesses Against Each Other - The inmates in the penitentiary shall be competent witnesses against...

§ 41-21-407. Evidence of Former Convictions - Upon the trial, copies of the records transmitted to the...

Part 5 - Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1970

§ 41-21-501. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-21-508. Compensation of Director, Counselors and Staff Members - The director, counselors and other staff members assigned the division...

§ 41-21-512. Distribution of Inmate Earnings - After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of...

§ 41-21-514. Failure to Return as Evidence of Intent to Escape - In the event inmates participating in outside scholastic or work...

§ 41-21-516. Cooperation of Public Officials and Agencies - All public officials in the state shall provide whatever aid...

Part 6 - Medical Experiments

§ 41-21-601. Participation in Medical Experiments Strictly Voluntary - The participation by inmates of state, county or city penal...

§ 41-21-602. Written Explanation of Experiment Required - Any pharmaceutical company or other person, firm, corporation, foundation or...

§ 41-21-604. Agreements on Contractual Basis - Agreements shall be on a contractual basis. All participants shall...

§ 41-21-605. Results of Experiment - A copy of the results of the test or other...

§ 41-21-606. Participation of Minors Prohibited - No minor serving a sentence in a penal or reformatory...

§ 41-21-607. Penalties - A violation of this part is a Class A misdemeanor.

Part 7 - Release Privileges

§ 41-21-705. Advance Notice of Furloughs Not Required - The advance notice prerequisite as required by § 41-21-704 shall...

Part 8 - Lawsuits by Inmates

§ 41-21-801. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-21-802. Applicability - This part applies only to a claim brought by an...

§ 41-21-803. Venue - Except as otherwise provided by law, an action that accrued...

§ 41-21-809. Hearings — Video Communications - The court may hold a hearing under this part at...

§ 41-21-813. Inmate Questionnaires - In order to implement this part, a court may develop...

§ 41-21-814. Part Not Modifiable or Repealable by Supreme Court - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this part...

§ 41-21-815. Claims for Preventive Relief - This part does not authorize a claim for preventive relief...

§ 41-21-818. Administrative Procedures - Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized...

Part 9 - Inmate Financial Responsibility Act of 1998

§ 41-21-901. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-21-902. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-21-904. Inmate Asset Report - The department shall develop a report on each inmate who...

§ 41-21-910. Interagency Cooperation to Ensure Child Support Obligations Met - The department of correction, the attorney general and reporter, district...

§ 41-21-911. Assignment of Workers' Compensation Arrearages - Notwithstanding § 50-6-223(b), a court may assign up to fifty...

Chapter 22 - Work Programs

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 41-22-101. State Farm - The Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (referred to in this...

§ 41-22-102. Construction of Roads and Buildings on State Property - The commissioner has the authority and power to construct with...

§ 41-22-103. Improvements and Repairs of Brushy Mountain Property - The commissioner may, during the summer season, provide employment for...

§ 41-22-105. Sale of Products of Inmate Labor - The commissioner is authorized to make contracts for the sale...

§ 41-22-107. Reports and Settlement of Mining Accounts - The mining engineer and other officials in charge of the...

§ 41-22-110. Manufacturers for State - In the event the authorities authorized and empowered in §...

§ 41-22-111. Control of Inmates Retained by State - By no contract shall the care, protection and discipline of...

§ 41-22-117. [reserved.] - In order that inmates may be more profitably employed in...

§ 41-22-120. Agencies Not Required to Purchase Prison-Made Articles - Exceptions from the operation of the mandatory provisions of §§...

§ 41-22-121. Violations of § 41-22-120 - No voucher, certificate or warrant issued on the commissioner of...

Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates

§ 41-22-201. Road Work Authorized - The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor,...

§ 41-22-204. Special Compensation for Inmates - The additional amount prescribed in § 41-22-203 shall be kept...

§ 41-22-205. Census of Inmates for Road Work - On or before March 1 of each year, the commissioner...

§ 41-22-206. Notification to Counties — Preparation for Work — Terms and Conditions of Employment - When the census provided for in § 41-22-205 is completed,...

§ 41-22-207. Contract With County - The commissioner of correction may, in the commissioner's discretion, contract...

§ 41-22-208. Consideration of Applications - In the event two (2) or more counties make application...

§ 41-22-210. Provision of Equipment - The commissioner of correction is authorized to purchase and provide...

§ 41-22-211. Period During Which Road Work May Be Done - Inmate employment and operation in road work may be during...

§ 41-22-212. Quarters for Inmates — Prison Rules Applicable - The commissioner shall provide suitable quarters for the inmates employed...

§ 41-22-213. Superintendents and Guards - The commissioner is authorized to employ and designate a person...

§ 41-22-214. Payments Under Contract - Where a contract is made with any county for inmate...

Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates

§ 41-22-301. Contracting Board - The county mayor, county clerk and sheriff of each county...

§ 41-22-302. Contracts Without Delay - The contracts are to be made without delay when an...

§ 41-22-303. Guarding of Work Parties - The contract shall be made according to the following provisions...

§ 41-22-304. Work Day — Amount Credited Against Fines and Costs - Inmates shall be worked on any of the public roads...

§ 41-22-305. Punishment for Refusal to Work - Any inmate refusing to work shall be fed only with...

§ 41-22-306. Supervision - Work shall be under the supervision of the guard having...

§ 41-22-308. Part Supplemental to Workhouse Provisions - This part shall not be construed to conflict with chapter...

§ 41-22-309. Counties Acting Jointly - The county employment boards, created by this part, of any...

Part 4 - Tricor Inmate Labor Act of 1994

§ 41-22-401. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-22-402. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-22-403. Legislative Intent - The intent of the general assembly and the policy of...

§ 41-22-404. Board Created - There is created a board to be known as the...

§ 41-22-410. Service Without Compensation — Reimbursement of Expenses - Board members shall serve without compensation. Board members are entitled...

§ 41-22-411. Performance Evaluation - Board performance shall be evaluated on the basis of the...

§ 41-22-412. Volunteer Status of Board Members - Each board member is deemed to be a participant in...

§ 41-22-413. Work Training for Juvenile Offenders - TRICOR may enter into an interagency agreement with the department...

§ 41-22-415. Contractual Agreements to Provide for Work Training Programs - TRICOR may enter into contractual agreements with counties and cities...

Chapter 23 - Interstate Compacts

Part 1 - Interstate Corrections Compact

§ 41-23-101. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-23-102. Interstate Corrections Compact - The interstate corrections compact is enacted into law and entered...

§ 41-23-104. Notice of Proposed Transfer — District Attorney General - Before initiating the transfer of any inmate to an institution...

Part 2 - Tennessee Interstate Furlough Compact

§ 41-23-201. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-23-202. Compact Authorized — Form - The governor of this state is authorized and directed to...

§ 41-23-203. Compact Definitions - As used in this compact, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-23-205. Procedures in Emergency Circumstances - In emergency circumstances, as defined in § 41-23-204, the appropriate...

§ 41-23-206. Supplemental Agreements - The appropriate official of a party state may supplement but...

§ 41-23-209. Effect of Adoption — Renunciation - The contracting states solemnly agree that this compact shall:

Chapter 24 - Private Prison Contracting Act of 1986

§ 41-24-101. Short Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 41-24-102. Chapter Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

§ 41-24-106. Standards of Security — Resumption of State Control on Termination of Contract - Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary,...

§ 41-24-108. Application of Certain Criminal Laws to Contractor-Operated Facilities - The provisions of title 39, chapter 16, including, without limitation,...

§ 41-24-109. Monitoring of Contractor Performance — Reports - In addition to other powers and duties prescribed by law,...

§ 41-24-110. Powers and Duties Not Delegable to Contractor - No contract for correctional services shall authorize, allow or imply...

§ 41-24-111. Application of Certain Administrative Laws to Contractor - All existing provisions of law shall apply to a prison...

§ 41-24-114. [reserved.] - The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules and...

§ 41-24-116. Escape From Private Prison or Facility - Section 39-16-606 shall apply to the appropriate official of a...

§ 41-24-117. Records Relating to Inmates in Private Facilities - The records and other documents concerning any inmate who is...

Chapter 25 - International Cooperation

§ 41-25-101. International Transfer of Convicted Criminals - When a treaty is in effect between the United States...

Chapter 51 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates — General Provisions

§ 41-51-101. Protection Against Bloodborne Pathogens - The superintendent, director or warden of any correctional institution or...

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Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates