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TN Code § 41-21-237 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-237. Charges Assessed Against Inmates for Services Provided by State

  The commissioner of correction is authorized to assess nonindigent inmates reasonable charges for the housing, board, health care, education, vocational training and treatment services provided to them by this state. The inmate shall be notified of the amount of any assessment.   The charges assessed against an inmate pursuant to subsection (a) may be deducted directly from the inmate's institutional trust fund account without the inmate's consent; provided, that the inmate is notified of the amount so deducted and the charges to which it has been applied.   The commissioner shall, on a quarterly basis, provide each inmate with a statement detailing all deposits into, withdrawals from and balance remaining in the inmate's institutional trust fund account during the preceding three (3) months.
TN Code § 41-21-238 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-238. Educational and Vocational Training Plan — Documentation

  In addition to the education plan authorized by § 41-21-509, the commissioner of education, with the assistance of the commissioner of correction and a representative from the board of regents and the University of Tennessee system, shall by January 1, 1995, formulate a plan to increase the educational and vocational opportunities currently available to inmates in the custody of the department of correction. This plan shall emphasize basic educational skills such as reading and writing, but shall also include possible use of existing community colleges and vocational schools for inmates who are acceptable security risks and are in need of a marketable free-work skill that cannot be obtained within the confines of a correctional institution.   Upon implementation of the plan, the commissioner of correction, with the assistance of the board of parole, shall monitor and document the effectiveness of the plan. Documentation shall include:  The number of inmates who participate;   The amount of improvement in educational or vocational skills achieved by the participating inmates;   The percentage of participating inmates able to obtain employment upon their release from custody; and   The recidivism rate of inmates who participated in the plan.     [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]
TN Code § 41-21-239 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-239. Work Release or Furlough of Dangerous Inmates — Notice to Law Enforcement Officials

 If a person under the custody of the department of correction has been convicted of a homicide offense or aggravated rape or rape, the commissioner shall notify the appropriate chief of police or sheriff when the person is released from custody on work release or furlough or is otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the penitentiary and work in the community, whether or not the work is supervised or unsupervised. The chief of police or sheriff, or both if the political subdivision to which the person is released has both officials, shall be notified at least five (5) days prior to the date the person will be released or allowed to leave the grounds of the penitentiary to work in the community. The notice shall contain:   The name of the inmate;   The nature of the crime the inmate committed;   The name of the company and address of the site where the inmate will be working, excluding those working on highway crews;   The address where the inmate will be staying on furlough; and   The length of the furlough.
TN Code § 41-21-241 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-241. Meals and Supplemental Provisions Between Meals for Pregnant Prisoners or Detainees

 A correctional institution shall provide a pregnant prisoner or detainee with nutritionally appropriate meals and appropriate supplemental provisions between meals. As used in this section, “correctional institution,” “detainee,” and “prisoner” have the same meaning as in § 41-21-204(c)(2).
TN Code § 41-21-242 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-242. Notice of Release of Certain Felons From Correctional Facilities

  The department of correction shall provide or contract with a private entity to provide, to members of the public who have made a notification request, notification of the release of an inmate serving a felony sentence of two (2) or more years from a facility operated by or under contract with the department or from a county jail or workhouse. The jailer or chief administrator, or a person designated by the jailer or chief administrator, of a county jail or workhouse shall make available to the department, or any private entity under contract with the department, the information necessary to implement this section in a timely manner. The department or the private entity under contract with the department shall be responsible for retrieving the information and notifying the requester in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department.   The department shall promulgate rules in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this section.    Any identifying information concerning a person who has received notification pursuant to this section shall be confidential.   For purposes of subdivision (c)(1), “identifying information” means the name, home and work addresses, telephone numbers and social security number of the person being notified or requesting that notification be provided.
TN Code § 41-21-243 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-243. Family Visitation and Crime Reduction Act

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Family Visitation and Crime Reduction Act.”   The general assembly finds that maintaining an inmate's family and community relationships is an important correctional resource that can improve an inmate's behavior in the correctional facility, and upon an inmate's release from a correctional facility, assist in reducing recidivism.   The department shall maintain a visitation program. Policies may include a system for prior approval of visitors and restrictions on visitation deemed appropriate by the commissioner. Each state institution shall have an area designated for visitation. The commissioner of correction shall have the authority to suspend visitation in the event of emergency circumstances as defined in department of correction policies.   The department of correction shall provide, at designated visitation areas for approved visitors in each state correctional facility, information relating to applicable visiting regulations, dress codes and visiting procedures. Visitors not complying with applicable visiting regulations, dress codes and visiting procedures may be denied the privilege to visit in accordance with department policy.   Correctional officers assigned to visitation areas shall receive training on effective communication with family members and children of inmates, for the purpose of improving the quality of family visitation.   The department of correction is encouraged to provide an area for child visitors.   The department of correction shall report at least annually to the state and local government committee of the senate and committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections concerning the department's progress on implementing procedures and services that enhance, improve and encourage visitation. The report must include an executive summary.
TN Code § 41-21-244 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-244. Study and Audit of Number of Incarcerated Nonviolent Offenders Who Have Not Been Convicted

 The comptroller of the treasury is urged to study and audit the department of correction concerning the number of nonviolent offenders incarcerated in correctional institutions of the department of correction who have been incarcerated for offenses for which they have not been convicted. The general assembly requests that, if any such study and audit are undertaken, the comptroller of the treasury report to the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives concerning such study and audit on or before the date of the submission of the next regularly scheduled audit of the department of correction.
TN Code § 41-21-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-301. Process in Civil Actions

 Process in a civil action against an inmate in the penitentiary may be served by the proper officer, in the presence of the warden or the assistant warden, and returned as in other cases.   Code 1858, § 5549; Shan., § 7571; Code 1932, § 12169; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-601.
TN Code § 41-21-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-302. Right to Counsel

 If a bill or petition is filed against an inmate in any court having jurisdiction, or any interrogatories propounded to the inmate as a party to the suit, that require to be answered, the inmate may be allowed the aid of counsel to prepare an answer.   Code 1858, § 5550; Shan., § 7572; Code 1932, § 12170; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-602.
TN Code § 41-21-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-303. Return on Failure to Answer

 If the inmate declines to answer the bill, petition or interrogatories after they have been read over and explained by the officer executing them, in the presence of the warden or the assistant warden, the officer may make the return accordingly, whereupon the bill, petition or interrogatories, so far as the inmate is concerned, shall be taken for confessed as true and proceedings had as usual in such cases.   Code 1858, § 5551; Shan., § 7573; Code 1932, § 12171; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-603.
TN Code § 41-21-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-304. Depositions

  In no civil case can an inmate be removed from the penitentiary to give personal attendance at court, but testimony may be taken by deposition, as in other cases, the party seeking the testimony being required to make affidavit that the inmate is a material witness in the cause.   The defendant in a state prosecution may, in like manner, take the testimony of a inmate in the defendant's behalf, notice being given to the district attorney general of the time of taking the deposition.    Code 1858, §§ 5552, 5553 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 33); Shan., §§ 7574, 7575; Code 1932, §§ 12172, 12173; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-604, 41-605.
TN Code § 41-21-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-305. Writ for Appearance to Testify in Criminal Case

 Whenever the presiding judge of any court has reason to believe that the evidence of an inmate is necessary in any criminal proceedings and that other evidence cannot be obtained on behalf of the state or of the defendant, the presiding judge shall order a writ to be issued directing the warden of the penitentiary to bring the body of the inmate before the court, on a day to be named in the writ, to give testimony for the state or for the defendant in such case.   Code 1858, § 5554; Shan., § 7576; Code 1932, § 12174; Acts 1965, ch. 81, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-606.
TN Code § 41-21-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-306. Warden's Duty to Produce Witness

 It is the duty of the warden, upon the service of the writ provided for in § 41-21-305, to have the inmate before the court on the day specified, for which purpose the warden may employ a trustworthy deputy and a sufficient guard, who are entitled to the same compensation for each day's travel and attendance on court as is allowed sheriffs and guards for the removal of inmates to the penitentiary.   Code 1858, § 5555; Shan., § 7577; Code 1932, § 12175; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-607.
TN Code § 41-21-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-307. Warden's Powers in Removing Inmates to and From Court

 The warden of the penitentiary, in removing inmates to and from the penitentiary under an order of court, has the same power as the sheriff in removing inmates to the penitentiary.   Code 1858, § 5548; Shan., § 7570; mod. Code 1932, § 12168; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-608.
TN Code § 41-21-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-308. Keeping Prisoner in Jail en Route

 The sheriff or jailer of the county in which the court is held, or of any county through which the inmate is required to pass, shall receive and safely keep the inmate in the county jail, during travel and attendance, if required to do so by the persons in charge of the inmate, for which they shall be allowed the legal charge for keeping inmates.   Code 1858, § 5556; Shan., § 7578; Code 1932, § 12176; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-609.
TN Code § 41-21-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-309. Return to Penitentiary After Testifying

 When an inmate has testified, the deputy and guard shall return the inmate to the penitentiary with all convenient speed.   Code 1858, § 5557; Shan., § 7579; Code 1932, § 12177; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-610.
TN Code § 41-21-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 3 - Service of Process on and Testimony of Inmates|§ 41-21-310. Liability for Escape en Route

 The inmate, deputy and guard, in going from and to the penitentiary, and while remaining at the court, are respectively liable for an escape or attempt to escape under part 4 of this chapter, §§ 39-12-103, 39-13-304, 39-16-201, 39-16-402, 39-16-403, and title 39, chapter 16, part 6, in the same manner as they would have been if the inmate were in the penitentiary under their custody.   Code 1858, § 5558; Shan., § 7580; Code 1932, § 12178; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-611; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 41.
TN Code § 41-21-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-401. Defense Against Violence or Attempt to Escape

 When personal violence is offered by a inmate to an officer, employee or to another inmate, or when an attempt is made to escape, or to do injury to the building, or any material, implements, etc., those officers and employees are authorized to use all necessary means of defense and to secure the person of the offender.   Code 1858, § 5523 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7542; Code 1932, § 12140; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-706.
TN Code § 41-21-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-402. Solitary Confinement

  Any inmate who neglects or refuses to perform the labor assigned, willfully injures any of the materials, implements or tools, engages in conversation with any other inmate or in any other manner violates any of the regulations of the penitentiary, may be punished by solitary confinement for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days for each offense, at the discretion of the warden or the person acting in the warden's place.   Every inmate punished by solitary confinement shall be shut up in a cell and fed with bread and water only during solitary confinement, unless the physician certifies to the warden that the health of the inmate requires other diet.    Code 1858, §§ 5518, 5519 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., §§ 7537, 7538; Code 1932, §§ 12136, 12137; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-707, 41-719.   Law Reviews.   Administrative Decisions in Prisons: Are Prisoners Entitled to Procedural Due Process? (Lee Freudberg), 2 Mem. St. U.L. Rev. 85 (1972).
TN Code § 41-21-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-403. Report of Inmates in Solitary

 It is the duty of the warden to report immediately to the commissioner of correction the name of each person committed to solitary confinement, with a statement of the nature of the person's offense, the date of confinement and the period for which committed, which report shall be filed and recorded.   Code 1858, § 5521 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7540; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12139; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-720.
TN Code § 41-21-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-404. Unauthorized Means of Punishment

 No inmate shall be punished in any other way than is provided in this title, except by the authority of the commissioner of correction.   Code 1858, § 5520; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7539; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12138; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-721.
TN Code § 41-21-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-405. Self-Inflicted Wounds by Inmate to Escape Labor — Punishment

 If any person confined in the penitentiary, in a county workhouse, a city or county jail or any other penal institution, upon any charge of or conviction of any criminal offense, by any means or method willfully inflicts any wound upon such inmate's own person for the purpose of or with the effect of rendering the inmate unfit for or incapable of performing any labor assigned, the inmate may be confined in solitary confinement or subject to such other punishment, not inconsistent with humanity, as may be deemed necessary by the warden, sheriff or commissioners for the government and control of the inmates. Inmates who are placed in solitary confinement or who are hospitalized as a result of any self-inflicted wounds shall receive no credit for the time so spent.
TN Code § 41-21-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-406. Inmates as Witnesses Against Each Other

 The inmates in the penitentiary shall be competent witnesses against each other in all prosecutions under §§ 39-12-101, 39-13-304, 39-16-201, 39-16-402, 39-16-403, 39-16-605 — 39-16-607, 39-17-302, 39-17-303, chapter 1, part 1 of this title, parts 1-4 of this chapter and chapter 22, parts 1 and 2 of this title.   Code 1858, § 5559 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 32); Shan., § 7581; Code 1932, § 12179; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-717; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 42.
TN Code § 41-21-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-407. Evidence of Former Convictions

 Upon the trial, copies of the records transmitted to the warden of the penitentiary relative to the former trial of inmates, shall be presumptive evidence of the former conviction.   Code 1858, § 5538 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 30); Shan., § 7557; Code 1932, § 12156; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-718.
TN Code § 41-21-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 4 - Punishment of Inmates|§ 41-21-408. Reports of Violence Within Correctional Facilities

   The warden or chief administrative officer of each correctional facility owned or operated by the department of correction shall forward a report detailing all acts of violence committed by or against any guard, employee or inmate in the facility to the district attorney general of the judicial district in which the violent act occurred.   The report shall include, as to each act of violence, a copy of any internal investigation report prepared, the results of any disciplinary committee hearing and any disciplinary action taken concerning the act of violence.     If the release of the information would endanger or compromise the security of any inmate or the security of the institution, the warden or chief administrative officer shall have the discretion to classify the information and maintain the confidentiality of the information.
TN Code § 41-21-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 5 - Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1970|§ 41-21-501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1970.”
TN Code § 41-21-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 5 - Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1970|§ 41-21-502. Part Definitions

  As used in this part:  “First term inmate” means a state inmate without a prior record of thirty (30) days or more detention upon conviction for a felonious crime at a federal, state or local penal facility in the United States; and   “Second term inmate” means a state inmate with a prior record of thirty (30) days or more with one (1) previous conviction for a felonious crime at a federal, state or local penal facility in the United States.     Previous confinements for misdemeanors shall have no bearing on inmates' qualifications as first term inmates and second term inmates for the purposes of this chapter.
TN Code § 41-21-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 5 - Prisoner Rehabilitation Act of 1970|§ 41-21-503. Division of Rehabilitative Services — Director

  There is created a division of rehabilitative services to be administered by a director acting under the supervision of the commissioner of correction.   The director of rehabilitative services shall be appointed by the commissioner with the approval of the governor and shall be qualified to carry out a comprehensive program of rehabilitative treatment for certain first term inmates and, within the discretion of the commissioner or the commissioner's designated representative, certain second term inmates.