Tennessee Code — 41
Browse 468 sections in division 41 of the Tennessee code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 41-1-101. State prisons — Penitentiary defined — Correctional facilities.
- § 41-1-102. Administration of correctional system — Personnel — Searches of employees for contraband.
- § 41-1-103. Oath of officers and employees.
- § 41-1-104. Warden — Duties.
- § 41-1-105. Reports to commissioner.
- § 41-1-106. Visits by commissioner.
- § 41-1-107. Examination of witnesses.
- § 41-1-108. Insurance on property.
- § 41-1-109. Repairs and improvements.
- § 41-1-110. Funds — Accounting — Collections — Expenditures — Surplus.
- § 41-1-111. Preservation of records.
- § 41-1-112. Actions by commissioner.
- § 41-1-113. Report to governor.
- § 41-1-114. Report to general assembly.
- § 41-1-115. Persons authorized to possess otherwise prohibited items.
- § 41-1-116. Qualifications of correction officers.
- § 41-1-117. Retaking of prisoners absconding from work release or violating furlough agreements.
- § 41-1-118. Dogs for detecting drugs.
- § 41-1-119. Urinalysis drug screening program.
- § 41-1-120. Improvement of penitentiary at Petros.
- § 41-1-121. Drug testing of certain personnel.
- § 41-1-122. Chemically dependent county inmates and prisoners — Pilot project — State funds.
- § 41-1-123. Diversion centers for technical violators.
- § 41-1-124. Terms of release of out-of-state prisoner incarcerated in Tennessee.
- § 41-1-125. Local pre-release programs.
- § 41-1-126. Validated risk and needs assessment.
- § 41-1-127. Survey evaluating employment conditions and factors relating to retention of correction officers — Annual report.
- § 41-1-201. Female unit established.
- § 41-1-202. Appointment and qualifications of warden.
- § 41-1-203. Authority and powers.
- § 41-1-401. Legislative findings.
- § 41-1-402. Labor of inmates.
- § 41-1-403. Classification system.
- § 41-1-404. Alternatives in sentencing.
- § 41-1-405. Impact on local correction systems.
- § 41-1-406. Early release procedure.
- § 41-1-407. Training of correctional personnel.
- § 41-1-408. Medical care.
- § 41-1-409. Construction of prison facilities.
- § 41-1-410. Coordinated management philosophy.
- § 41-1-411. Adding local facilities to corrections system.
- § 41-1-412. Development of offender reentry programs.
- § 41-1-413. Intermediate administrative sanctions to manage and assist probationers — Revocation of authority.
- § 41-1-501. Part definitions.
- § 41-1-502. Report to general assembly on designated capacities and in-house populations — Construction of part.
- § 41-1-503. Certification of excess population — Declaration of prison overcrowding emergency.
- § 41-1-504. Governor's powers to reduce overcrowding.
- § 41-1-505. Selection and release of inmates by board — Powers of board.
- § 41-1-506. Delayed commitment of felons to department of correction.
- § 41-1-507. Governor's report to legislative committees and attorney general and reporter.
- § 41-1-508. Release eligibility dates for felons in local institutions.
- § 41-1-509. Transfers of inmates.
- § 41-1-510. Participation in time reduction programs.
- § 41-1-601. Short title.
- § 41-1-602. Establishment.
- § 41-1-603. Designation of judicial districts — Maximum number of inmates.
- § 41-1-604. Advisory board.
- § 41-1-605. Manner of service of sentence — Application to alter.
- § 41-2-101. Workhouses authorized.
- § 41-2-102. Jail as workhouse.
- § 41-2-103. Sentence to county workhouse.
- § 41-2-104. Board of workhouse commissioners — Alternative administration.
- § 41-2-105. Labor prescribed for prisoners.
- § 41-2-106. Quarterly audit.
- § 41-2-107. Workhouse superintendents.
- § 41-2-108. Sheriff as superintendent.
- § 41-2-109. Care of prisoners.
- § 41-2-110. Accounts and reports.
- § 41-2-111. Sentence to hard labor — Good time credit — Disciplinary review board.
- § 41-2-112. Fine accompanying sentence to workhouse.
- § 41-2-113. Sentence to workhouse in lieu of jail.
- § 41-2-117. Workhouse sentence beginning after term in penitentiary.
- § 41-2-118. Medical care of prisoners.
- § 41-2-119. Board for state prisoners.
- § 41-2-120. Refusal to work or disorderly conduct.
- § 41-2-121. Transfer to department of correction.
- § 41-2-122. Transfer to state psychiatric hospital.
- § 41-2-123. Road work by prisoners — Credit for time worked — Grants for litter abatement — Governmental immunity.
- § 41-2-124. Work contracts with other counties.
- § 41-2-125. Contracts with department of transportation.
- § 41-2-126. Contract to bail out prisoner — Surrender of prisoner by bailee — Action against delinquent bailee.
- § 41-2-127. Release of prisoners for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes.
- § 41-2-128. Prisoners who may apply for release — Procedure.
- § 41-2-129. Wages or salary of employed prisoners — Liability of prisoner for prisoner’s board in the workhouse — Work release.
- § 41-2-130. Employment of prisoners in another county.
- § 41-2-131. Grounds for refusal to release prisoner.
- § 41-2-132. Contracts with other governmental agencies for accepting work release prisoners.
- § 41-2-133. Institution of work release programs by counties — Costs.
- § 41-2-134. Commission created to authorize work release.
- § 41-2-135. Petition to come under the work release program.
- § 41-2-136. Grounds for removal from program.
- § 41-2-137. Failure to return from work on time as evidence of intent to escape — Penalty.
- § 41-2-138. Monthly report to sentencing judge.
- § 41-2-139. Liability of participating prisoners for program costs.
- § 41-2-140. Disbursement of wages — Duty of warden.
- § 41-2-141. Rules and regulations governing work release program.
- § 41-2-142. Furlough program.
- § 41-2-143. Conditions for furlough — Procedure.
- § 41-2-144. Inmate incentive program.
- § 41-2-145. Program and rating system — Reduction of time to serve.
- § 41-2-146. Workhouse or jail maintenance work — Reduction of sentence for inmate labor.
- § 41-2-147. Certain prisoners in local jails or workhouses — Eligibility for work-related programs — Credits.
- § 41-2-148. Inmate labor for private purposes — Travel restrictions.
- § 41-2-149. Work release programs — Litter removal — Participation.
- § 41-2-150. Work programs — Participation required — Exceptions.
- § 41-2-151. Interlocal agreements for joint operation of workhouses.
- § 41-3-101. Municipal correctional houses authorized.
- § 41-3-102. Punishment of prisoners.
- § 41-3-103. Payment of earnings to prisoner held for safekeeping.
- § 41-3-104. Detention for failure to pay fines and costs.
- § 41-3-105. Detention after term of imprisonment.
- § 41-3-106. Inmate labor for private purposes — Travel restrictions.
- § 41-3-107. Public service for municipal offenders — Immunity from liability.
- § 41-4-101. Duty of sheriff — Appointment of jailer.
- § 41-4-102. Delivery of jail and prisoners to successor in office.
- § 41-4-103. Persons confined — Evaluation authorized.
- § 41-4-104. Inmates en route to penitentiary.
- § 41-4-105. Federal prisoners.
- § 41-4-106. Filing of process.
- § 41-4-107. [Obsolete.]
- § 41-4-108. Support of prisoners.
- § 41-4-109. Food and bedding.
- § 41-4-110. Segregation of sexes.
- § 41-4-111. Cleanliness.
- § 41-4-112. Keys kept at jail.
- § 41-4-113. Night duty.
- § 41-4-114. Correspondence and visitors.
- § 41-4-115. Medical care of prisoners.
- § 41-4-116. Jail inspectors.
- § 41-4-117. Violation as misdemeanor.
- § 41-4-118. Employment of guard.
- § 41-4-119. Compensation — Taxing of costs.
- § 41-4-120. Board in guarding prisoner.
- § 41-4-121. Safekeeping of prisoners — Sufficient jails.
- § 41-4-122. Guard for removal of prisoner.
- § 41-4-123. Redelivery to place of trial.
- § 41-4-124. Allowance of expenses.
- § 41-4-125. Proof of costs.
- § 41-4-126. Allowance for additional guards.
- § 41-4-127. Transportation appropriations by counties having no jail.
- § 41-4-128. Accounts of appropriated funds.
- § 41-4-129. Accounts of sheriffs and jailers.
- § 41-4-130. [Reserved.]
- § 41-4-132. Sheriff's fees.
- § 41-4-133. Filing of sheriff's bills.
- § 41-4-134. Compliance as prerequisite to payment.
- § 41-4-135. Refund to state of costs collected from defendant.
- § 41-4-136. Monthly audit of jailer's fees.
- § 41-4-137. Refund to county of fees collected from defendant.
- § 41-4-138. Physical examination of prisoners.
- § 41-4-139. State prisoners — Payment to county or municipality for keeping.
- § 41-4-140. Standards prescribed by the Tennessee corrections institute.
- § 41-4-141. Interlocal agreements for joint operation of jails — Legislative intent — Allowable agreements.
- § 41-4-142. Charging inmates for issued items.
- § 41-4-143. Report on prisoners escaping from work details.
- § 41-4-144. Jailer qualifications.
- § 41-6-101. Short title.
- § 41-6-102. Establishment authorized — Prerequisites to admission.
- § 41-6-103. Work outside center.
- § 41-6-104. Domicile of inmates.
- § 41-6-105. Inmate earnings — Board charges.
- § 41-6-106. Disbursement of earnings.
- § 41-6-107. Approval of procedures for handling earnings.
- § 41-6-108. Failure to return.
- § 41-6-109. Screening inmates.
- § 41-6-201. Purpose.
- § 41-6-202. Part definitions.
- § 41-6-203. Scope of projects — Contracts with private enterprise — Inmate participation.
- § 41-6-204. Wages.
- § 41-6-205. Receipt by inmates — Rules and regulations — Unemployment compensation.
- § 41-6-206. Deductions.
- § 41-6-207. Leasing land and facilities to private enterprise.
- § 41-6-301. Purpose.
- § 41-6-302. Part definitions.
- § 41-6-303. Disposition of proceeds from inmate-produced items.
- § 41-7-101. Chapter definitions.
- § 41-7-102. Institute created.
- § 41-7-103. Purposes and duties.
- § 41-7-104. Students eligible — Fees.
- § 41-7-105. Board of control.
- § 41-7-106. Powers of board.
- § 41-7-107. Authority to acquire site and construct building — Interim facilities furnished by state universities.
- § 41-7-108. Technical and programmatic assistance — Inspections.
- § 41-7-109. Executive director of the board.
- § 41-8-101. Short title.
- § 41-8-102. Purpose of chapter.
- § 41-8-103. Chapter definitions.
- § 41-8-104. Participation in program.
- § 41-8-105. Submission and review of county plans.
- § 41-8-106. Housing state prisoners — Contracting — Reimbursement of costs — Debt service.
- § 41-8-107. Use of subsidy by counties.
- § 41-8-108. Commissioner to promulgate rules.
- § 41-8-109. Grants or loans to counties by state funding board — Restrictions.
- § 41-8-110. State funding board authorized to issue bonds and notes — Counties to submit financing agreements and contracts.
- § 41-8-111. Contract terms — Management or operational changes — Restriction on sentencing and commitment.
- § 41-8-112. Repayment of loans — County's failure to remit.
- § 41-8-113. Special account to be established.
- § 41-8-114. Counties free to seek other aid.
- § 41-8-115. Federal funds.
- § 41-8-116. Title 9, chapter 9 applicable to this chapter.
- § 41-8-117. [Transferred.]
- § 41-8-118. Participation of regional jail authority.
- § 41-9-101. Community work project coordinator.
- § 41-9-102. Applications for probationer labor.
- § 41-9-103. Probationers — Eligibility — Reporting for work — Violations.
- § 41-9-104. Liability for injury.
- § 41-9-201. County community work project coordinator.
- § 41-9-202. Applications for probationer labor.
- § 41-9-203. Probationers — Eligibility — Reporting to work — Violations.
- § 41-9-204. Liability for injury or damages.
- § 41-10-101. Chapter definitions.
- § 41-10-102. Volunteers — Policies — Compensation — Inspection of records.
- § 41-10-103. Duties of department of correction.
- § 41-10-104. Meals — Travel expenses — Use of state vehicles.
- § 41-10-105. Community resource board established.
- § 41-11-101. Short title.
- § 41-11-102. “County jail” defined.
- § 41-11-103. Reimbursement of imprisonment expenses.
- § 41-11-104. Denial of certain privileges prohibited.
- § 41-11-105. Reporting of inmates and financial and other information.
- § 41-11-106. Investigation of reports.
- § 41-11-107. Reimbursement of expenses — Civil action.
- § 41-11-108. Jurisdiction — Venue — Receivers.
- § 41-11-109. Homestead exemption.
- § 41-11-110. Cooperation by judge and sheriff of inmate's home county.
- § 41-11-111. Disposition of funds.
- § 41-11-112. Applicability — Development districts — Contracting.
- § 41-12-101. Short title.
- § 41-12-102. Powers of regional jail authority — Taxation of property and revenues.
- § 41-12-103. Purpose of authority.
- § 41-12-104. Part definitions.
- § 41-12-105. Creation of authority — Resolution and hearing — Transfer of employees — Costs.
- § 41-12-106. Appointment of board — Vacancies — Removals — Quorum — Powers and compensation.
- § 41-12-107. Entities wishing to become or withdraw as members of authority — Requirements.
- § 41-12-108. Appointment of executive director — Duties.
- § 41-12-109. Powers of authority.
- § 41-12-110. Applicability of statutory requirements regarding jails and jailers.
- § 41-12-111. Power of condemnation — Acquisition of property — Location of jail.
- § 41-12-112. Powers of creating or participating governmental entities.
- § 41-12-113. Personnel not to benefit from services or sales — County growth plan — Carrying weapons.
- § 41-12-114. Appointment of superintendent — Control and authority — Bond.
- § 41-12-115. Negotiable bonds — Resolution — Enforcement of rights.
- § 41-12-116. Dissolution by joint certificate — Terms of agreement.
- § 41-12-117. Additional and supplemental powers — Participation of certain entities.
- § 41-12-118. Policy of competitive bidding — Applicable laws.
- § 41-12-119. Authority as governing body.
- § 41-12-120. Authority as governmental entity.
- § 41-12-121. Authority as public agency.
- § 41-12-122. Records open to public inspection.
- § 41-12-123. Construction with other laws.
- § 41-12-124. Liberal construction.
- § 41-21-101. Escort furnished by commissioner.
- § 41-21-102. Persons sentenced to imprisonment.
- § 41-21-103. Reception on commutation of sentence.
- § 41-21-104. Delivery of copy of sentence.
- § 41-21-105. Copy of indictment furnished.
- § 41-21-106. Report of confinement of first offenders.
- § 41-21-107. Information recorded on reception.
- § 41-21-108. Search of inmate and baggage.
- § 41-21-109. Precautions against contagious disease.
- § 41-21-201. Duty of warden.
- § 41-21-202. Grading and classification of inmates.
- § 41-21-203. Cleanliness and health measures.
- § 41-21-204. Medical and psychological care.
- § 41-21-205. Censorship of mail.
- § 41-21-206. Access to healthcare products for incarcerated women.
- § 41-21-207. Work or education of inmates.
- § 41-21-208. Work within and outside prisons.
- § 41-21-209. Murderers and rapists not to work outside.
- § 41-21-210. Employment adapted to inmate's condition.
- § 41-21-211. Bibles furnished.
- § 41-21-216. Custody of prisoners' personal belongings and funds.
- § 41-21-217. Funds subject to fines and costs.
- § 41-21-218. Notice of rules to inmates.
- § 41-21-219. Clothing, money and transportation furnished on discharge.
- § 41-21-220. Report of injuries and deaths.
- § 41-21-221. Examination and burial of deceased prisoners.
- § 41-21-222. Mental examination of persons eligible for release or parole.
- § 41-21-223. Complaint for judicial commitment of person scheduled for release to hospital or treatment resource — Stay of release pending completion of hearing.
- § 41-21-224. Notice of release of inmate.
- § 41-21-225. Registration of parolees.
- § 41-21-226. Evaluation of inmates.
- § 41-21-227. Grant of furloughs to inmates.
- § 41-21-234. Uniforms of inmates.
- § 41-21-235. Sexual abuse treatment program for incarcerated sex offenders.
- § 41-21-236. Sentence reduction credits.
- § 41-21-237. Charges assessed against inmates for services provided by state.
- § 41-21-238. Educational and vocational training plan — Documentation.
- § 41-21-239. Work release or furlough of dangerous inmates — Notice to law enforcement officials.
- § 41-21-240. Notification to victims of inmate's release.
- § 41-21-241. Meals and supplemental provisions between meals for pregnant prisoners or detainees.
- § 41-21-242. Notice of release of certain felons from correctional facilities.
- § 41-21-243. Family Visitation and Crime Reduction Act.
- § 41-21-244. Study and audit of number of incarcerated nonviolent offenders who have not been convicted.
- § 41-21-301. Process in civil actions.
- § 41-21-302. Right to counsel.
- § 41-21-303. Return on failure to answer.
- § 41-21-304. Depositions.
- § 41-21-305. Writ for appearance to testify in criminal case.
- § 41-21-306. Warden's duty to produce witness.