Tennessee § 41-3-101 - Municipal correctional houses authorized.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 41-3-101 — Municipal correctional houses authorized., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 41-3-101. Municipal correctional houses authorized.
The authorities of any incorporated town may provide such lands, buildings and articles of any kind as may be necessary for a workhouse or house of correction for that town, may appoint suitable persons for the management of the workhouse or house of correction, and make all necessary bylaws and regulations for the government of the inmates, and cause the bylaws and regulations to be enforced. Code 1858, § 5410; Shan., § 7390; mod. Code 1932, § 11999; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1401. Cross-References. Sanitary inspection, § 4-3-1803 . Textbooks. Tennessee Jurisprudence, 21 Tenn. Juris., Prisons and Prisoners, § 8. 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).
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