Title 41, Correctional Institutions and Inmates

(a) A new roster shall be published each month. (b) The effective period of Part I shall be and include the month in which the list is published. Part I shall identify all inmates who will participate under any one (1) or more release programs during the effective period of Part …

The advance notice prerequisite as required by § 41-21-704 shall not apply to furloughs granted under the authority of § 41-21-227; however, the issuance of those furloughs shall be indicated on the roster published immediately following issuance of the furloughs.

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Claim” means any lawsuit or appeal filed by an inmate except a petition for post-conviction relief;(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of correction;(3) “Department” means the department of correction;(4) …

This part applies only to a claim brought by an inmate in general sessions or a trial level court of record in which an affidavit of inability to pay costs is filed with the claim by the inmate.

Except as otherwise provided by law, an action that accrued while the plaintiff inmate was housed in a facility operated by the department or in a facility operated by a private corporation pursuant to a contract with the state or local government shall be brought in the county i…

(a) A court may dismiss a claim filed by an inmate, either before or after service of process on the defendant, if the court finds that:(1) The allegation of poverty in the inmate's affidavit is false; or(2) The claim is frivolous or malicious. (1) The allegation of poverty in th…

(a) Any inmate who files a claim with an affidavit of inability to pay costs shall file a separate affidavit with the following information:(1) A complete list of every lawsuit or claim previously filed by the inmate, without regard to whether the inmate was incarcerated at the t…

(a) An inmate who files a claim that is subject to review by the grievance committee established by the department shall file with the court an affidavit stating the date that the grievance was filed and the date the final decision was received by the inmate with a copy of the fi…

(a) An inmate seeking to bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding without prepayment of fees or security for the fees, in addition to filing the affidavit required by § 41-21-805, shall submit a certified copy of the trust fund account statement, …

(a) Judgment may be rendered for costs at the conclusion of the suit, action, claim or appeal as in other proceedings. If the judgment against the inmate includes the payment of costs, the inmate shall be required to pay the full amount of costs ordered. (b) The clerk of the cour…

The court may hold a hearing under this part at a county jail or a facility operated by the department or may conduct the hearing with video communications technology that permits the court to see and hear the inmate and that permits the inmate to see and hear the court and any o…

(a) The court may request a person with an admissible document or admissible testimony relevant to the subject matter of the hearing to submit a copy of the document or an affidavit stating the substance of the testimony. An affidavit submitted under this section must be made und…

(a) The court may enter an order dismissing the entire claim or a portion of the claim. If a portion of the claim is dismissed, the court shall designate the issues and defendants on which the claim may proceed, subject to §§ 41-21-807 and 41-21-808. (b) An order under this secti…

(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), on notice of assessment of any fees, taxes, costs and expenses under this part, a clerk of a court may not accept for filing another claim by the same inmate until prior fees, taxes, costs and other expenses are paid in full. (b) A court …

In order to implement this part, a court may develop for its use a questionnaire to be completed and filed by the inmate.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, this part may not be modified or repealed by any rule promulgated or adopted by the supreme court.

This part does not authorize a claim for preventive relief against the department, an employee of the department or of any other agency, agent, employee or officer of this state if the claim is brought by a person housed in a facility operated by the department and the claim accr…

(a) The commissioner shall forfeit an inmate's good conduct sentence reduction credits in the amount specified by subsection (b) on:(1) Receipt by the department of a certified copy of a final order of a state or federal court that dismisses as frivolous or malicious a claim or l…

(a) The department shall develop and maintain a system for the resolution of grievances by inmates housed in facilities operated by the department that qualifies for certification under 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, and the department shall obtain certification under that section. A remedy …

Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, c…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Inmate Financial Responsibility Act of 1998.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Assets” means property, tangible or intangible, real or personal, belonging to or due an inmate or former inmate, including income or payments to the inmate from social security, workers' compensation, veteran's…

(a) The department shall develop a form to be used by the department to obtain information from inmates regarding assets of the inmates. (b) Upon being developed, the form shall be submitted to each person who is an inmate as of June 28, 2010, and to any person who thereafter is …

The department shall develop a report on each inmate who is required to complete a form in accordance with § 41-21-903, together with all other information available on the assets of the inmate and an estimate of the total cost of care for that inmate.

(a) The department shall investigate or cause to be investigated each report furnished pursuant to § 41-21-904. (b) If the department, upon completing the investigation, has good cause to believe that an inmate has sufficient assets to recover not less than ten percent (10%) of t…

(a) An inmate shall fully cooperate with the state by providing complete financial information for purposes under this part. (b) The failure of an inmate to fully cooperate as provided in subsection (a) may be considered by the board of parole for purposes of a parole determinati…

(a) The circuit court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings under this part. The attorney general and reporter may file a complaint in the circuit court of the county from which an inmate was sentenced, stating that the person is or has been an inmate in a state …

(a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), in seeking to secure reimbursement under this part, the attorney general and reporter may use any remedy, interim order, or enforcement procedure allowed by law or court rule, excluding an ex parte restraining order to restrain the in…

(a) The sentencing judge, the sheriff of the county, the warden of the state correctional facility and the state treasurer shall furnish to the attorney general and reporter or prosecuting attorney all information and assistance possible to enable the attorney general and reporte…

The department of correction, the attorney general and reporter, district attorneys general, the department of human services, and the department of labor and workforce development shall all cooperate and share information to the extent not prohibited by law concerning assets, wo…

Notwithstanding § 50-6-223(b), a court may assign up to fifty percent (50%) of workers' compensation made by periodic payments to pay an arrearage owed by an inmate who is confined in the custody of the department; provided, that the assignment is administered in accordance with …

The Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (referred to in this part as TRICOR) board shall operate the state farm and all appurtenances to its full capacity in the cultivation and production of crops of the character and kind best suited to be grown and produced on th…

The commissioner has the authority and power to construct with the labor of inmates of the penitentiary any and all roads that may be found necessary and of value to the state's properties, and to construct and build, if, in the commissioner's opinion, it is necessary, separate h…

The commissioner may, during the summer season, provide employment for part of the inmates at the Brushy Mountain penitentiary in repairing or building any buildings that may be deemed necessary on the property, so that, in the event of the employment of a sufficient number of in…

(a) The commissioner of correction may contract with any railroad company to do the grading of any railroad extension into the coal lands of the state and, in case the state engages to do the grading, the working of the inmates upon grade work is authorized. The working of the in…

The commissioner is authorized to make contracts for the sale of coal and coke of the state mines and to dispose of all articles manufactured by the inmates for the state, to the best interests of the state, and pay the proceeds into the state treasury.

(a) It is unlawful for any coal or coal products mined or produced as a result of inmate labor from the state mines at Petros or any other state-owned property to be sold to anyone other than the state itself for its own consumption or to the political subdivisions of the state. …

The mining engineer and other officials in charge of the mines, prisons and inmates shall make monthly reports to the commissioner of correction of all expenses, receipts and transactions connected with the mines, prisons and inmates. The commissioner shall make full and complete…

(a) The TRICOR board, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and directed to make contracts for the sale or manufacture of any article that may be manufactured in state shops. This section and §§ 41-22-110, 41-22-111, and 41-22-115 are subject in all respects to § 41-22…

In the event the authorities authorized and empowered in § 41-22-109 to make contracts for the sale or manufacture of the articles to be manufactured in accordance with the plan provided for in §§ 41-22-109 — 41-22-111 and 41-22-115, are not able, after reasonable effort, to make…

By no contract shall the care, protection and discipline of the inmates be to any degree surrendered or delegated to anyone other than employees of the state, who, under the supervision of the commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, shall have charge and co…

Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, if an inmate is housed in a local jail and the inmate is participating in a work release or re-entry program, then the department of correction shall not remove the inmate from the local jail facility for the purpose of relocating the …

In order that any competition between the labor of inmates to be worked directly by and for the benefit of the state and free labor shall be reduced to its practical minimum, all reasonable efforts shall be made to dispose of the articles manufactured by inmates at such prices as…

(a) (1) Except as provided in subsections (c)-(f), a person, firm, association, corporation, federal or state authority, or political subdivision thereof, shall not sell or offer for sale goods, wares, or merchandise manufactured, in whole or in part, by inmates, except inmates o…

(1) In order that inmates may be more profitably employed in TRICOR programs for their own welfare and the welfare of the state, the department of correction is directed to:(1) Employ personnel and purchase any necessary equipment and supplies for investigating and recording the …

(a) All departments, institutions, agencies and political subdivisions of this state, that are supported in whole or in part by the state shall purchase from the TRICOR board all articles required by these departments, institutions, agencies or political subdivisions of the state…