Title 14

Men and women prisoners, except husband and wife, must not be kept in the same room or apartment. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4856; Code 1940, T. 45, §122.)

It is the duty of the sheriff, on the first day of each session of the circuit court of his county, to make out and deliver to the presiding judge a certified list of the names of all the prisoners confined in the jail and of the offenses with which they are charged or of which t…

When a prisoner is committed to the county jail, it is the duty of the sheriff of such county, in person or by deputy, to report in writing to the clerk of the circuit court of such county, within 10 days next succeeding the commitment, the name of such prisoner, the day of his e…

It is the duty of the sheriff or of the jailer under his direction to file in regular order and safely preserve the process or order by which any prisoner is committed to jail or discharged therefrom or an attested copy of such process or order. (Code 1852, §238; Code 1867, §3786…

Any person committed to jail may furnish his own support, under such precautions as may be adopted by the jailer to prevent escapes. The sheriff must furnish support to those prisoners who do not provide it for themselves. (Code 1852, §242; Code 1867, §3790; Code 1876, §4492; Cod…

No person confined in jail must, on any pretext whatever, be furnished with or allowed to receive any spirituous, malt or vinous liquors except on the written order of a physician, stating that such liquor is necessary for his health. Any jailer, sheriff, deputy or other person w…

The sheriff of a county shall provide to prisoners at the expense of the county, all of the following: (1) Necessary clothing and bedding. (2) Necessary medicine and medical attention to those prisoners who are sick or injured, when they are unable to provide them for themselves.…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) CUSTODIAN. A warden, sheriff, jailer, deputy sheriff, police officer, or any other law enforcement officer. (2) HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL. A physician as defined in Section 34-24-50.1, a license…

On the death, resignation, removal from office or expiration of term of office of any sheriff, or of any coroner acting as sheriff, the jail must be delivered over to his successor or to the person authorized by law to take charge of it, together with the prisoners therein, the f…

(a) The county commission in each county in this state may elect a physician, or as many physicians as in its discretion may be necessary, to attend the inmates of the jails in such counties and county convict camps. (b) The county commission shall fix and determine the term or t…

Whoever, being a sheriff, jailer or other person having the care and custody of any jail, workhouse, prison or other lawful place of confinement, suffers the same to become foul or unclean shall, on conviction, be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100. (Code 1923, §4822; Cod…

(a)(1) A court shall require a convicted defendant in a misdemeanor case to pay housing, maintenance and medical costs associated with the defendant’s incarceration in a county or city jail except as otherwise provided herein. Such costs shall not exceed $20 per day that the defe…

In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons: (1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses; (2) Convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until t…

The sheriff or jailer must, if the jail of the county is sufficient, receive into his custody any person committed under any criminal charge or offense against the United States and safely keep such prisoner, according to the order or process of commitment, until duly discharged …

Any jailer or other officer who willfully refuses to receive into his custody any person lawfully committed thereto on any criminal charge or conviction must, on conviction, be fined not more than $500. (Code 1852, §31; Code 1867, §3572; Code 1876, §4129; Code 1886, §3973; Code 1…

In all criminal cases, either before or after conviction, and in cases of contempt, if it is shown to the court, judge or committing magistrate that the jail of the proper county is insecure or insufficient for the safekeeping of the prisoner or that there is no jail in the count…

If the jail of any county is destroyed, or becomes insufficient or unsafe, or any epidemic dangerous to life is prevalent in the vicinity or there be danger of rescue or lawless violence to any prisoner, any circuit court judge may, on the application of the sheriff and proof of …

When the county jail or any building contiguous thereto is on fire and there is reason to apprehend that the prisoners may be thereby injured or endangered, the sheriff or jailer may remove them to a safe and convenient place and confine them there so long as may be necessary to …

When the life or health of any prisoner, who is not confined under process from any court of the United States, may be seriously endangered by longer confinement in jail and that fact is made to appear clearly to any circuit court judge, such judge must, by an order in writing, d…

The sheriff of the county, except as otherwise provided by existing laws, in his or her official capacity, in person or by his or her deputy or jailer, shall be responsible for the feeding of prisoners in the jail under his or her jurisdiction in accordance with the terms of this…

(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Corrections to supervise, either in person or by deputy, the feeding of all prisoners in the jails of this state. The sheriffs shall not be required to prepare and make out what is commonly known as the daily ration sheet or expense accoun…

(a) Food and the services for preparing food, serving food, and other services incident to the feeding of prisoners in the county jail shall be paid for by the state as follows: (1) Two dollars twenty-five cents ($2.25) per day for each prisoner. (2) Beginning October 1, 2024, tw…

(a) The Prisoner Feeding Fund is established in the office of each sheriff. Except as provided in subsection (b), all state monies received in the sheriff’s office for food and services in preparing food, serving food, and other services incident to the feeding of prisoners in th…

The sheriff shall be the custodian of all funds paid into the Prisoner Feeding Fund pursuant to Section 14-6-47, which funds shall be public funds of the office of the sheriff. Any unexpended monies in the Prisoner Feeding Fund on the effective date of any new term of office shal…

Any member of a county commission, sheriff or deputy who violates any of the provisions of this article for which no specific penalty is provided shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $100. (Acts 1923, No. 528…

(a) The Emergency Prisoner Feeding Fund is established and seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) is automatically appropriated into the fund each state fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. (b) The state Comptroller shall transfer monies …

Each county jail or town or city prison must be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners confined therein and must contain separate apartments for men and for women. It shall be fireproof, properly ventilated, sufficiently lighted by day and nigh…

The expense incident to the construction, maintenance, sanitation, healthfulness and hygiene of each county jail and prison in this state shall be paid out of the funds of the county in which such institution is located and of the town or city if the institution is a town or city…

Any member of the county commission, sheriff or other keeper of any jail or almshouse or the mayor, chief of police or marshal or member of a city council or other governing board or body who violates any of the provisions of this article for which no specific penalty is provided…

The only town or city prisons embraced within the provisions of this article are such as are in towns or cities of 10,000 or more population, according to the most recent federal census. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4853; Code 1940, T. 45, §159.)

The county commission or city council shall provide adequate janitor service for and shall enforce cleanliness in their respective jails, shall provide bathing facilities separate for males and females, soap and towels, hot and cold water, clean and sufficient bedding and clean c…

The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers of jails or prisons shall enforce cleanliness among the prisoners, and shall compel them to bathe their persons when entering jail and at least once each week while confined therein. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 192…

The sheriff, chief of police, town marshal or other keepers of jails or prisons or the keeper or manager of the almshouse shall keep their respective jails, prisons and almshouses in a clean and sanitary condition, shall use every means and effort to prevent spitting on the floor…

Any apartment of any jail, prison or almshouse in which any person affected with any infectious, contagious or communicable disease shall have been confined shall be fumigated immediately upon the removal of such person, the fumigation to be done under the direction of the sherif…

The sheriff, the chief of police or town marshal or the keeper or manager of the almshouse shall see that the food for the inmates of the jail, prison and almshouse, respectively, is nutritious, clean, wholesome and of sufficient quantity and variety and shall have all kitchens w…

In the event the Board of Corrections needs the service of a coroner and there is not a coroner in the county, the judge of probate shall appoint a special coroner at the request of the board. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4872; Code 1940, T. 45, §178.)