Tennessee § 41-2-147 - Certain prisoners in local jails or workhouses — Eligibility for work-related programs — Credits.

§ 41-2-147. Certain prisoners in local jails or workhouses — Eligibility for work-related programs — Credits.

The sheriff or administrative authority having responsibility for the custody of any person sentenced to a local jail or workhouse pursuant to former § 40-35-302 [repealed], § 40-35-306 [repealed], § 40-35-307 [repealed] or § 40-35-311 [repealed] or present § 40-35-302, § 40-35-306, § 40-35-307 or § 40-35-314 shall, when a person has become eligible for work related programs pursuant to those sections, be authorized to permit the person to perform any of the duties set out in § 41-2-123 or § 41-2-146. Work performed by a prisoner under this section shall be credited toward reduction of the prisoner's sentence in the following manner: for each one (1) day worked on such duties by the prisoner the sentence shall be reduced by two (2) days. Any prisoner receiving sentence credits under this section shall not be eligible for the sentence reduction authorized by § 41-2-111. Acts 1984, ch. 841, § 1. Compiler's Notes. The references in this section to “former § 40-35-302 [repealed], § 40-35-306 [repealed], § 40-35-307 [repealed] or § 40-35-311 [repealed]” refer to those sections in the Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1982, which was repealed effective November 1, 1989. The references to “present § 40-35-302 , § 40-35-306 , § 40-35-307 or § 40-35-314 ” refer to parallel provisions in the Criminal Sentencing Reform Act of 1989. Cross-References. Sentence reduction credits, § 41-21-236 . Textbooks. Tennessee Criminal Practice and Procedure (Raybin), § 32.125. Attorney General Opinions. Sentence credits for inmates of county jails and workhouses, OAG 96-061, 1996 Tenn. AG LEXIS 68 (4/4/96). Workhouse inmates eligible to earn sentence credits under this section can earn the credits for working for a private employer if the labor is part of a court-approved work release program or a work release program operated under a commission established pursuant to T.C.A. § 41-2-134 , OAG 03-125, 2003 Tenn. AG LEXIS 145 (9/29/03). Board of probation and parole has no authority to remove sentence credits earned in local jail or workhouse pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 41-2-123 , 41-2-146 , 41-2-147 or 41-21-236 , OAG 05-031, 2005 Tenn. AG LEXIS 31 (3/29/05).