The commissioner or the commissioner's agent shall, once a month, or more often if the person thinks it necessary, visit the penitentiary for the purpose of determining whether the laws, rules and regulations relative to the operation and maintenance of the penitentiary are duly observed, and the officers are competent, vigilant and faithful and the inmates properly governed.
Visits by commissioner
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-106, under General Provisions.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-106