Tennessee § 41-21-101 - Escort furnished by commissioner.
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§ 41-21-101. Escort furnished by commissioner.
The commissioner of correction shall designate some official or employee, or may appoint some other suitable person, to go after inmates, at the places of their conviction, and to take the inmates to such places as the commissioner may direct. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 10; impl. am. Acts. 1915, ch. 7, § 10; Shan., § 7516a1; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, §§ 42, 60; Code 1932, § 12113; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-201. Cross-References. Commitment to jail pending removal to penitentiary, § 41-4-103 . Counselors of correctional institutions, qualifications, § 8-50-105 . Precautions on reception of prisoners, § 41-21-109 . Prompt removal of prisoner, § 40-23-107 . Regional state workhouses, title 41, ch. 1, part 6. Removal of prisoner by sheriff, § 40-23-103 . Removal of prisoners to penitentiary, §§ 40-23-107 — 40-23-112 . Transfer of prisoners from county workhouse, § 41-2-121 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 20 Tenn. Juris., Pardon and Parole, § 7. Law Reviews. Liability of State Officials and Prison Corporations for Excessive Use of Force Against Inmates of Private Prisons, 40 Vand. L. Rev. 983 (1987). The Privatization of Correctional Institutions: The Tennessee Experience (W.J. Michael Cody, Andy D. Bennett), 40 Vand. L. Rev. 829 (1987).
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