162-38. Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to jail of adjoining county.
Whenever there is an unfit or insecure jail in any county, the judicial officers of such county may commit any persons brought before them, whether in a criminal or civil proceeding, to the jail of any adjoining county, for the same causes and under the like regulations that they might have ordered commitments to the usual jail; and the sheriffs and other officers of such county in which there is an unfit or insecure jail, and the sheriffs or keepers of the jails of the adjoining counties, shall obey any order of commitment so made. (1835, c. 2, s. 2; R.C., c. 87, s. 3; Code, s. 3458; Rev., s. 1350; C.S., s. 1354; 1973, c. 57, s. 2; c. 822, s. 3; 1983, c. 670, s. 17.)
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§ 162-32 - Bond of prisoner committed on capias in civil action.
§ 162-33 - Prisoner may furnish necessaries.
§ 162-34 - United States prisoners.
§ 162-35 - Arrest of escaped persons from penal institutions.
§ 162-36 - Transfer of prisoners to succeeding sheriff.
§ 162-38 - Where jail unfit or insecure, courts may commit to jail of adjoining county.
§ 162-40 - When jail destroyed, transfer of prisoners provided for.
§ 162-40.1 - Reimbursement for transfer of prisoners.
§ 162-55 - Injury to prisoner by jailer.
§ 162-56 - Place of confinement.
§ 162-57 - Record to be kept; items of record.
§ 162-58 - Counties may work prisoners.
§ 162-59 - Person having custody to approve prisoners for work.