(a) General rule.--The cost of transporting inmates committed to the joint industrial farms and workhouses shall be paid by the counties, respectively, from which the inmates are committed. The sheriff of the county for inmates committed by the court and constables for inmates committed by magisterial district judges shall receive for the inmates committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse no mileage or travel expenses on writs, except the actual cost of transporting the inmates so committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse, together with any other fees for their services allowed by law.
(b) Railroad ticket upon discharge.--When an inmate is discharged from a joint industrial farm and workhouse, the chief administrator thereof shall procure for the inmate a railroad ticket to any point to which the inmate may desire to go, not farther from the joint industrial farm and workhouse than the point from which the inmate was sentenced.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 17 - County Correctional Institutions
Section 1721 - Scope of subchapter
Section 1723 - County jail oversight board
Section 1724 - Powers and duties
Section 1725 - Rules and regulations
Section 1728 - Contracts and purchases
Section 1733 - Appointment of warden and employees
Section 1734 - Powers of peace officers
Section 1736 - Bonding requirement
Section 1741 - Sixth, seventh and eighth class counties
Section 1742 - Appointment of prison commissioners
Section 1751 - Costs of confinement
Section 1752 - Board of inspectors to regulate salaries of wardens and other staff
Section 1753 - Residence of warden
Section 1754 - Bonds for county prison staff in fourth class counties
Section 1755 - Property exempt from taxation
Section 1756 - Loss of privileges
Section 1757 - Collection from certain inmates
Section 1761 - Establishment by adjoining counties
Section 1762 - Selection of site
Section 1764 - Construction contracts
Section 1767 - Chief administrator and employees
Section 1768 - Rules and regulations
Section 1769 - Initial transfer of inmates
Section 1770 - Employment of inmates
Section 1771 - Cost of transporting inmates
Section 1772 - Financial reporting
Section 1773 - Allocation of expenses to counties
Section 1774 - County appropriations
Section 1775 - Exemption from taxation
Section 1781 - Establishment by counties
Section 1782 - Selection of site
Section 1784 - Construction contracts
Section 1787 - Chief administrator and employees
Section 1788 - Rules and regulations
Section 1789 - Initial transfer of inmates
Section 1790 - Employment of inmates
Section 1791 - Cost of transporting inmates
Section 1792 - Nature of inmate employment
Section 1793 - Sale of goods and materials
Section 1794 - Financial reporting
Section 1795 - Allocation of expenses to counties
Section 1796 - Borrowing authorized