Tennessee § 41-21-515 - Application of part.
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§ 41-21-515. Application of part.
This part applies to first term inmates and second term inmates hereafter sentenced to prisons or other correctional institutions in Tennessee after February 20, 1970, and those first term inmates and second term inmates serving sentences in the state as of February 20, 1970; provided, that subject inmates have been approved for participation in the program by the division of rehabilitative services. Notwithstanding anything in this part to the contrary, the rehabilitative programs made available in this part to first term inmates and second term inmates shall also be available to any other inmates deemed suitable for the programs by the department of correction. References in this part to “first term inmates and second term inmates” and to “inmates” are deemed to include those other inmates. Participants shall be carefully selected and sentencing courts shall be consulted before particular inmates are placed in outside scholastic or work programs. Persons convicted of capital offenses shall only be eligible to take part in the outside programs twelve (12) months prior to their eligible parole date. Acts 1970, ch. 471, § 15; 1972, ch. 538, § 8; 1974, ch. 511, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-1815; Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 5, § 5.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 41-21-515 ("Application of part.") 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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