Tennessee § 40-28-127 - Cooperation of prison officials.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 40-28-127 — Cooperation of prison officials., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 40-28-127. Cooperation of prison officials.
The warden of each prison and all officers and employees of each prison and of the board of parole and all other public officials shall at all times cooperate with the board and shall furnish to the board, its officers and employees, information as may be necessary to enable it to perform its functions, and the wardens and other employees shall at all times give the members of the board, its officers and employees, free access to all prisoners confined in the prisons, workhouses and jails of the state. Acts 1937, ch. 276, § 16; C. Supp. 1950, § 11818.16 (Williams, § 11843.16); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3624; Acts 1989, ch. 227, § 47; 1998, ch. 1049, § 24. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 1 amended § 4-3-104 , which concerns name changes of departments and divisions, to provide that references to the board of probation and parole, formerly referred to in this section, are deemed references to the board of parole.
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