Title 41, Correctional Institutions and Inmates

(a) If the TRICOR board deems it desirable to use the proceeds from sales, revenues or other funds obtained from the operation of TRICOR for the purchase or construction of buildings, roads, walls, driveways, equipment or other capital improvements, the board shall make a written…

(a) The TRICOR board is authorized and empowered to manufacture numbered motor vehicle registration plates, highway and street signs and other kindred articles for the purpose of supplying the requirements of the state as provided in this part, and to sell to other cities, counti…

(a) The department of revenue is authorized and directed to contract for and purchase from the TRICOR board the requirements of the state for automobile number plates, to be paid for as if purchased from an individual dealer. (b) The controlling feature in making such contracts s…

(a) (1) The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor and the appropriate commissioner, is authorized and directed to employ and work at state public works projects, such as the improvement, alteration, construction, repair or maintenance of state parks and hi…

(a) (a) There shall be no community residential facilities that accommodate state or federal adult inmates who are on work release or other community release or prerelease programs established within one thousand feet (1,000′) of a public or private school, orphanage, child care …

(a) The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county, city or municipal governments for the purpose of renovating substandard housing of persons determined by the department of human services to be o…

(a) Subject to the conditions set out in subsection (b), the commissioner of correction is authorized to utilize inmate labor to construct, renovate or repair prison facilities, including time-building institutions, classification centers, alternative incarceration units and othe…

The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to contract with the commissioner of transportation for the use of any or all inmates, except those for which it is undesirable or impracticable in the opinion of those officials, to work outside the…

(a) The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and directed to purchase equipment, such as tools, road working machinery and motor trucks for the speedy transfer of the inmates from one point to another, that may become necessary in the judgm…

(a) The commissioner of transportation shall pay the commissioner of correction for the use of inmates employed under §§ 41-22-201 — 41-22-204 out of the highway fund or any other fund under the commissioner of transportation's control. The commissioner of correction shall in tur…

The additional amount prescribed in § 41-22-203 shall be kept and reserved in a special fund for the use and benefit of the inmates so employed. This fund is to be reserved by the commissioner of correction and with the approval of the governor, to be used in making payments to d…

On or before March 1 of each year, the commissioner of correction shall prepare a census of all male inmates in the custody of the department who, in the commissioner's judgment, are available for work on the county roads and highways of the state and shall also make an estimate …

When the census provided for in § 41-22-205 is completed, the county mayor of each county shall be notified by the commissioner of correction that certain inmates of the penitentiaries are available and subject to be employed upon the county roads, pikes and highways of the count…

The commissioner of correction may, in the commissioner's discretion, contract with a county for building highways, if that work is being done with state allocated funds. Such a contract shall be made only upon the authority of the governor and upon the approval of the commission…

In the event two (2) or more counties make application for inmate labor, the applications shall be considered in the order in which filed with the commissioner of correction; provided, that the commissioner may reject any application if the commissioner determine that the inmates…

(a) The rate of compensation for the labor of inmates of the penitentiaries shall be fixed and determined by the commissioner of correction and by the county legislative body entering into the contract and shall be in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the …

The commissioner of correction is authorized to purchase and provide all necessary equipment for the working of prisoners on the county roads, pikes and highways, and the equipment shall be paid out of the correction budget.

Inmate employment and operation in road work may be during the period beginning April 1 and ending December 1, and no inmates of the penitentiaries shall be hired or worked in any county on road work during any other period of the year.

The commissioner shall provide suitable quarters for the inmates employed on the state or county roads and all rules and regulations of the penitentiaries and all the laws applicable to the control, discipline, protection of or escape of inmates from the penitentiaries shall appl…

The commissioner is authorized to employ and designate a person or persons as quarters and road superintendents and to employ as many guards as necessary in working inmates on the county roads, pikes, highways or railroads.

Where a contract is made with any county for inmate labor, payments therefor shall be made to the commissioner by the fifteenth of each and every month during the life of the contract.

(a) Power is conferred upon the commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, to make and enter into agreements and contracts with the commissioner of transportation and any officer or agency of the federal government under the power conferred by any act of congr…

The county mayor, county clerk and sheriff of each county are constituted a board for their respective counties, whose duty it is to enter into contracts with public road commissioners or other officers or road contractors having the superintendence of working the public roads, f…

The contracts are to be made without delay when an inmate is confined in the county jail. It is made the duty of those having the superintendence of the working of the public roads, or road contractors, to enter into contracts immediately with the board named in § 41-22-301 for t…

(1) The contract shall be made according to the following provisions and restrictions:(1) It is the duty of the sheriff of the county to select a guard for the inmates to guard them from the time they are removed from the county jail to be put to work until returned;(2) It is the…

Inmates shall be worked on any of the public roads of the county. The same number of hours of labor per day as is required by the public road laws shall constitute a day's work. An inmate shall be allowed one dollar ($1.00) for each day's work, which amount shall be credited to t…

Any inmate refusing to work shall be fed only with one (1) meal per day until willing to render good service as a laborer and proves it by doing good work.

Work shall be under the supervision of the guard having instructions from at least two (2) members of the board of employment on what road and places and how the guard shall have the work performed.

(a) The guard shall receive for services not exceeding one dollar ($1.00) per day for each day employed, or an amount not exceeding two dollars ($2.00) per day as the sheriff shall agree to pay. The county mayor, on the order of the county legislative body, shall draw a warrant o…

This part shall not be construed to conflict with chapter 2 of this title, providing for the construction of workhouses in any county or declaring any county jail a workhouse, but shall be construed as supplementary to that chapter, and this part shall apply to such counties as a…

The county employment boards, created by this part, of any two (2) or more adjoining counties, when they deem it advisable, may combine the inmates of those counties and work them on the public roads of those counties, according to the rules and regulations provided in this part.

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “TRICOR Inmate Labor Act of 1994.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Equipment” includes, but is not limited to, motor vehicles, industrial machinery, agricultural machinery, office machinery, electronic equipment and computer equipment;(2) “Raw materials” includes, but is not li…

(1) The intent of the general assembly and the policy of the state regarding the labor of inmates within the correctional system is as follows:(1) The department of correction is responsible for establishing and assigning inmates to the following inmate programs:(A) Academic and …

There is created a board to be known as the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (TRICOR) board, referred to in this part as “the board,” which has the authority to manage and operate the TRICOR programs for the state including its post-release placement program. The…

(a) (1) The board shall be appointed by the governor and shall be accountable to the governor and shall be accountable to the general assembly through the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives.(2) A p…

(a) (1) (A) The board has such powers as are necessary to effectively carry out its mission as defined in § 41-22-403. It is the intent of the general assembly that the board should be as free as is possible to operate its facilities and to pursue its mission with the principles …

(a) The board may employ an executive director of TRICOR. The board shall define the duties of the executive director and, within budgetary restrictions, establish the executive director's compensation. (b) The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the board. (c) The …

(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the board has the authority to contract for professional services, for which reimbursement may be established on an incentive basis, and for the lease or purchase of property and equipment, to be provided for TRICOR, that is necessary …

(a) The board shall meet at least four (4) times each year to conduct business and may also hold public hearings to receive the views of the public or to gather information. The board may meet at any time on call of the chair or a majority of the members. Each member of the board…

Board members shall serve without compensation. Board members are entitled to reimbursement for actual travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive state travel regulations promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general …

Board performance shall be evaluated on the basis of the degree to which TRICOR accomplishes the elements of its mission. Performance shall be reported each year in an annual report by TRICOR through the board to the governor and to the general assembly through the state and loca…

Each board member is deemed to be a participant in a volunteer program as referenced in § 8-42-101 and is entitled to the same rights and privileges as prescribed in § 8-42-101 for volunteers.

TRICOR may enter into an interagency agreement with the department of children's services to provide work training opportunities for juvenile offenders. The juvenile offenders shall at all times be kept separate and removed from adult offenders in the custody of the department of…

(a) (1) It is the intent of the general assembly, as stated in § 41-22-403(2)(B), that TRICOR has as part of its mission to offset the costs of incarceration by generating revenue through the sale of products in lieu of state appropriated funds.(2) It is further the intent of the…

TRICOR may enter into contractual agreements with counties and cities to provide work training programs, including the Private Sector Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program (PS/PIEC) (Pub. L. No. 96-157, as amended), for prisoners incarcerated in county and city jails.