Every sheriff or other person having charge of a minor under the age of 18 years, chargeable with any crime, shall provide the minor while in confinement with good reading matter, and relatives and friends likely to exert a good influence over the minor shall at all reasonable times be permitted to visit.
(10916) RL s 5502; 1917 c 265 s 1; 1959 c 685 s 52; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 515 s 4