Georgia § 15-12-78 - Inspection of county jails; recommendations and presentments.
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§ 15-12-78. Inspection of county jails; recommendations and presentments.
Grand juries shall carefully inspect the sanitary condition of the jails of their respective counties at each regular inspection provided for in Code Section 15-12-71 and in their general presentments shall make such recommendations to the county governing authorities as may be necessary to provide for the proper heating and ventilation of the jails, which recommendations the county governing authorities shall strictly enforce. The grand juries shall also make such presentments as to the general sanitary condition of the jails and the treatment of the inmates as the facts may justify. (Ga. L. 1887, p. 102, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 840; Penal Code 1910, § 844; Code 1933, § 59-314; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 15; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15; Ga. L. 1994, p. 607, § 7.) Cross references. - Frequency with which grand jury must perform duties, § 15-12-71 . Further provisions regarding sanitation and health requirements and inspections relating to jails, § 42-4-32 . Law reviews. - For article, "Georgia Local Government Officials and the Grand Jury," see 26 Ga. St. B.J. 50 (1989).
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