Title 41, Correctional Institutions and Inmates

If costs are afterward collected from the defendant or the defendant's sureties, they shall be turned over to the state treasurer by the clerk of the court as fines are remitted.

The jailer's fees for county prisoners shall be referred monthly to the county mayor for inspection, who shall audit the fees and cause the clerk to issue a warrant for the amount allowed.

If, after the hearing of any case in any of the courts upon which the costs of jailer’s fees or any part of the jailer’s fees has been paid as provided in § 41-4-136, any of the sum is collected from the defendant, the sum collected shall be placed in the county treasury to reimb…

(a) The sheriff of each county who is charged with the care and custody of prisoners is empowered to hire a female registered nurse and a male registered nurse who are authorized to make complete physical examinations of all persons committed to the custody of the sheriff for the…

(a) Whenever the chief executive officer of any county penal farm certifies on or before the tenth day of each month to the judicial cost accountant the state prisoners kept in the institution and the number of days each was kept in the institution during the preceding month, the…

(a) The Tennessee corrections institute has the power and duty to:(1) Establish minimum standards for local jails, lock-ups and workhouses, including, but not limited to, standards for physical facilities and standards for correctional programs of treatment, education and rehabil…

(a) It is the intent of the general assembly to allow interlocal agreements where two (2) or more counties jointly operate a jail. The general assembly finds that regional jails would allow counties to save funds and lower their liability risks. (b) Nothing in this chapter or any…

(a) Any county or municipality may, by resolution or ordinance adopted by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of its legislative body, establish and implement a plan authorizing the jail or workhouse administrator of the county or municipality to charge an inmate committed to that jail or work…

The sheriff shall within thirty (30) days report to the county legislative body and to the department of correction the name of any prisoner who escapes while serving on a work detail and shall indicate whether the work detail on which the prisoner was serving was supervised or u…

(a) After July 1, 2006, any person employed as a jail administrator, jailer, corrections officer or guard in a county jail or workhouse shall:(1) Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;(2) Be a citizen of the United States;(3) Be a high school graduate or possess its equivalency,…

(a) A sheriff, jail administrator, or deputy jailer may refuse or delay acceptance into the jail an arrestee if the arrestee has not received medical treatment for obvious serious physical injuries or conditions of an emergency nature. (b) Upon refusal or delay under subsection (…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Restitution Centers Act of 1976.”

(a) The commissioner of correction is authorized to establish residential restitution centers for the purpose of allowing persons convicted of felony offenses and sentenced to the department of correction to reimburse the victim for the value of property stolen or for damages cau…

The commissioner of correction may permit certain inmates to leave a residential restitution center during necessary and reasonable hours to engage in approved employment or practice legitimate self-employed occupations; provided, that the places of employment are located in this…

Inmates assigned to restitution centers may be domiciled in correction detention facilities in any area of the state.

When inmates are employed pursuant to this part, the department shall require that inmates turn over wages and salaries when received. The money shall be deposited in trust accounts and ledgers shall be maintained reflecting the status of individual accounts. Each inmate shall be…

(1) After initial payment of board, the wages and salaries of inmates shall be disbursed for the following purposes in the order set forth:(1) Reimbursement to the victims of the offense in amounts and in the manner set forth in the contract executed between the inmate, the victi…

Procedure for the handling of all funds as set forth in this chapter shall be subject to review and approval by the comptroller of the treasury and the commissioner of finance and administration. The funds received by the state shall constitute departmental revenues.

In the event inmates participating in restitution employment programs fail to return to the restitution centers within specified time limits, that failure shall constitute prima facie evidence of escape and shall be punished under the penalties imposed by the laws of this state.

Participating inmates shall be carefully screened and the committing courts shall be consulted before an inmate is placed in the restitution program.

(1) It is the purpose of this part to:(1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to establish demonstration-type projects involving inmate labor and private industry to be known as Tennessee restitution industries;(2) Authorize the commissioner to contract with private industry…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction;(2) “Department” means the department of correction;(3) “P.I.E. program” means a joint venture authorized by the TRICOR board as provided for in § 41-22-116(e) …

(a) The commissioner may establish and implement within the boundary of the present correctional facilities now established, or facilities that may be established in the future, certain demonstration-type projects involving the employment of inmates of the institutions by private…

Any agreement pursuant to § 41-6-203 shall contain provisions assuring that the wages paid to inmates shall be no less than the mean wage for the applicable occupation under the “construction and extraction occupations” published in the Tennessee Occupational Wages Report, as def…

(a) Any inmate of any institution employed pursuant to this part shall be entitled to receive, after deductions authorized in § 41-6-206 or under any law, wages earned by the inmate in performing work. Wages shall be made available to the inmate at those times the commissioner ma…

(a) Any inmate employed pursuant to this part shall, in accordance with procedures established by the commissioner, pay from the wages received for work, and the commissioner may deduct from those wages, the following deductions, which shall not, in the aggregate, exceed eighty p…

(a) In administering this section, the commissioner, as a part of or in connection with any agreement made pursuant to § 41-6-203, may make available by lease or otherwise, land, together with improvements on the land, located at the prison facility, but within the exterior bound…

(1) It is the purpose of this part to:(1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to encourage the sale of inmate-produced arts and crafts items; and(2) Designate the uses to be made of deductions from income earned by those sales. (1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to…

(1) As used in the part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction; and(2) “Department” means the department of correction. (1) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction; and (2) “Department” means the department of co…

(a) Any inmate producing arts and crafts items for sale pursuant to this part shall, pursuant to policies established by the commissioner, pay from moneys received from sales, and the commissioner may deduct therefrom in the following order:(1) A maximum of fifteen percent (15%) …

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means the board of control of the Tennessee corrections institute;(2) “Correctional personnel” means all correctional officers, dormitory supervisor counselors, both adult and juvenile, and chaplains e…

There is hereby created the Tennessee corrections institute.

(1) The Tennessee corrections institute shall:(1) Train correctional personnel in the methods of delivering correctional services in municipal, county and metropolitan jurisdictions;(2) Evaluate correctional programs in municipal, county and metropolitan jurisdictions. At the req…

(a) In addition to correctional personnel from other jurisdictions within the state, students pursuing a degree with a major in any field within the area of criminal justice in a college or university of this state should also be eligible for enrollment and training at the instit…

(a) The correctional services programs of the institute shall be under the direction of the board of control of the institute. The board of control shall consist of seven (7) members:(1) The governor or the governor's designee;(2) The commissioner of correction or the commissione…

(a) The board is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts with state, local, municipal, county or metropolitan correctional and criminal justice officials as may be necessary in order to carry out title 40, chapter 28, this chapter and chapter 21 of this title. In additio…

(a) The state building commission is authorized and empowered to acquire a site or sites to construct a suitable building or buildings for conducting the programs of the institute. The commission may accept from any agency or department of state or local government a site or buil…

At the request of the commissioner of correction, the institute may provide the department of correction with technical and programmatic assistance, including inspections of state facilities. The institute shall provide the department with a report concerning the deficiencies or …

(a) The board shall hire an executive director as its duly appointed representative to perform all administrative functions for the board. The person selected to become executive director must be approved by majority vote of the board prior to serving in the position. (b) The exe…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “County Correctional Incentives Act of 1981.”

(1) This chapter provides financial incentives to counties to house additional nondangerous felony offenders locally. The purpose of the chapter is to mutually benefit state and county governments by:(1) Helping alleviate overcrowding in state correctional facilities and reducing…

(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Applicant county” means any county that applies to participate in the program;(2) “Approved applicant county” means any county selected as a participating county and any other applicant county certified by th…

(a) Participation by any county in the program is absolutely voluntary. If a county facility is certified or provisionally certified, the county shall be entitled to the compensation provided in § 41-8-106 and shall not be required to meet the additional requirements of this sect…

(a) Any county is authorized to submit a plan to the commissioner in which it seeks to participate in the program. (b) The plan shall be submitted in the manner established pursuant to the rules promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter. (c) The plan shall be appro…

(a) No county shall be required to house convicted felons sentenced to more than one (1) year of continuous confinement unless the county, through the authority of its county legislative body, has chosen to contract with the department of correction for the purpose of housing cer…

(a) Participating counties having a facility that is not certified pursuant to the most recently established state jail standards shall not diminish their current level of spending for correctional expenses to the extent of any subsidy received pursuant to this chapter. The subsi…