2021 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
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...