Tennessee § 41-2-120 - Refusal to work or disorderly conduct.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 41-2-120 — Refusal to work or disorderly conduct., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 41-2-120. Refusal to work or disorderly conduct.
Any prisoner refusing to work or becoming disorderly may be confined in solitary confinement, or subjected to such other punishment, not inconsistent with humanity, as may be deemed necessary by the sheriff or superintendent for the control of the prisoners, including reducing sentence credits pursuant to the procedure established in § 41-2-111. Prisoners refusing to work, or while in solitary confinement, shall receive no credit for the time so spent. Acts 1891, ch. 123, § 17; Shan., § 7422; Code 1932, § 12032; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1228; Acts 1986, ch. 744, § 13. Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Prisons and Prisoners, § 9. Law Reviews. Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systemic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253 (1974).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-2-120 ("Refusal to work or disorderly conduct.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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