When the safekeeping and detention of persons lawfully committed to any jail in this state, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, requires the employment of one or more guards, the board of county commissioners of the county where such jail is situated shall authorize the sheriff of such county to employ such guards at the expense of the county, at such reasonable compensation as the board shall allow, which guards shall be under the command of the keeper of the jail. Such guards shall be discharged from service when in the judgment of the board of county commissioners their services are not required.
Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 939, § 10, effective August 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-26-122 as it existed prior to 1977.
Structure Colorado Code
§ 17-26-101. Jail in Each County
§ 17-26-102. Keeper of Jail - Expenses
§ 17-26-104. Feeding Prisoners
§ 17-26-104.3. Menstrual Hygiene Products for a Person in Custody - Definitions
§ 17-26-104.4. Incarceration of a Person With the Capacity for Pregnancy - Report - Definition
§ 17-26-104.7. Prohibition Against the Use of Restraints on Pregnant Persons in Custody
§ 17-26-104.9. Opioid Treatment for a Person in Custody - Definitions
§ 17-26-105. Separation of Prisoners
§ 17-26-106. Male and Female Prisoners
§ 17-26-107. Prisoners to Work - Work Outside of Jail - Expenses
§ 17-26-108. County to Support Spouse - When
§ 17-26-109. Deductions of Time - Record Keeping - Forfeitures - Definition - Repeal
§ 17-26-111. Separate Sentences Continuous
§ 17-26-116. Commitment - Copy to Sheriff - Return Endorsed
§ 17-26-117. Commitment Box - Successor
§ 17-26-118. Criminal Justice Data Collection - Definitions - Repeal
§ 17-26-119. Jail in Another County - Costs
§ 17-26-120. Keeping of Fugitives - Charges
§ 17-26-121. Juveniles - Confinement - When
§ 17-26-122. Guards - Compensation
§ 17-26-123. Federal Prisoners - Expense
§ 17-26-124. Charges for Foreign Prisoners
§ 17-26-125. Account of Moneys - Report
§ 17-26-126. Commissioners to Examine Jail
§ 17-26-127. Escape - Duty of Sheriff - Expenses
§ 17-26-129. Applicability of Provisions
§ 17-26-140. Continuity of Care for Persons Released From Jail