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TN Code § 41-4-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-119. Compensation — Taxing of Costs

  For service as a guard pursuant to § 41-4-118, each guard shall receive one dollar ($1.00) for each day, and one dollar ($1.00) for each night so necessarily employed, to be taxed in the bill of costs and paid as other costs are now paid.   Before the payments provided for in subsection (a) are allowed and taxed in the bill of costs, the sheriff shall, in each case, make a statement showing the names and number of the guards, the time of service and the amount due each. The district attorney general shall examine and certify the statement as correct. The circuit or criminal judge shall also examine the statement, and examine in open court such testimony as the judge may deem necessary as to the necessity of the guards, as to their service, and shall certify that the guards were necessary, and that they have rendered the service, and the cost is correctly taxed, all of which shall be spread on the records. Upon a certified copy being presented to the commissioner of finance and administration, the commissioner shall issue a warrant for the payment.
TN Code § 41-4-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-120. Board in Guarding Prisoner

 Whenever any officer has to pay necessary expenses for board in guarding a prisoner, the expenses shall be allowed to the officer, to be taxed in the bill of costs not to exceed thirty-five cents (35¢) per meal each for the officer, the prisoner and the guard.
TN Code § 41-4-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-121. Safekeeping of Prisoners — Sufficient Jails

   The sheriff has the authority, when the jail of the county is insufficient for the safekeeping of a prisoner, to convey the prisoner to the nearest sufficient jail in the state or, if the prisoner is a juvenile, to the nearest sufficient juvenile detention facility in the state.   In all cases where it is shown to the committing court that the jail of the county in which the commitment should be made is insufficient for the safekeeping of the prisoner, the court may order commitment of the prisoner to the nearest sufficient county jail or, if the prisoner is a juvenile, to the nearest sufficient juvenile detention facility.   In all cases where the jail in which a prisoner is confined becomes insufficient for any cause, any circuit, criminal, or general sessions judge, upon the application of the sheriff and proof of the fact, may order the prisoner to be removed to the nearest sufficient jail or, if the prisoner is a juvenile, to the nearest sufficient juvenile detention facility.      An order issued under this section shall be reviewed by the issuing court at least once every thirty (30) days. In conducting the review, the court shall determine whether the order needs to remain in place, be terminated, or be modified to place conditions on the order. In evaluating whether the order needs to remain in place, the court shall consider the jail or juvenile detention facilities' obligations relative to the use of restrictive housing. If the order is terminated, the prisoner shall be returned to the county jail or juvenile detention facility, as appropriate.   Nothing in this section authorizes a non-adjudicated juvenile, or a non-adjudicated juvenile who has been transferred to criminal court in accordance with title 37, chapter 1, to be committed or removed to the state penitentiary or a branch prison for safekeeping.      Code 1858, §§ 5402-5404 (deriv. Acts 1809 (Sept.), ch. 126, § 4; 1817, ch. 17, § 1); Shan., §§ 7380-7382; Code 1932, §§ 11989-11991; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-1123 – 41-1125; Acts 2018, ch. 1045, §§  1, 2.
TN Code § 41-4-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-122. Guard for Removal of Prisoner

 The sheriff is authorized to employ as many as two (2) persons, if necessary, in removing a prisoner under § 41-4-121, and each shall be allowed for such services as is provided for similar services in conveying inmates to the penitentiary.   Code 1858, § 5405 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 36, § 2); Shan., § 7383; Code 1932, § 11992; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1126.
TN Code § 41-4-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-123. Redelivery to Place of Trial

 The prisoner shall be delivered to the sheriff or deputy sheriff of the county from which the prisoner has been sent, on demand made immediately preceding or during the term at which the prisoner is triable.   Code 1858, § 5406; Shan., § 7384; Code 1932, § 11993; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1127.
TN Code § 41-4-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-124. Allowance of Expenses

 When the court orders the prisoner to be carried to the jail of another county for safekeeping for want of a sufficient jail in the county where the case is pending, it may make a reasonable allowance to the sheriff and necessary guard, including expenses for conveying the prisoner to the jail so ordered by the judge.   Code 1858, § 5433 (deriv. Acts 1839-1840, ch. 103); Shan., § 7444; Code 1932, § 12052; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1128.
TN Code § 41-4-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-125. Proof of Costs

 The jailer in cases specified in § 41-4-124 may prove costs in the circuit or criminal court of the county and obtain the certificate of the district attorney general of that court thereto. The clerk of the court shall forward the certificate to the court where the cause is pending to be taxed in the bill of costs.   Code 1858, § 5434; Shan., § 7445; Code 1932, § 12053; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1129.
TN Code § 41-4-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-126. Allowance for Additional Guards

 If the court directs the sheriff to summon more than two (2) guards in order to carry safely any prisoner charged with a crime from one  county to another for trial or safekeeping, the commissioner of finance and administration shall allow the additional guards ordered by the court the same compensation that is allowed by law to the two (2) guards and give a warrant for that compensation to the sheriff.   Code 1858, § 5435 (deriv. Acts 1843-1844, ch. 69, § 1); Shan., § 7446; Code 1932, § 12054; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 24, 29; C. Supp. 1950, § 12054; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1130.
TN Code § 41-4-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-127. Transportation Appropriations by Counties Having No Jail

 The county legislative bodies of counties that have no jail may appropriate a contingent fund in an amount sufficient to pay all contingent expenses in transporting prisoners to and from jail, the appropriation to be made from time to time, so that the sheriff may be able, at any time, upon application to the county trustee, to procure the money necessary, for which the sheriff shall execute a receipt, showing the amount received, which receipt shall clearly set forth for which prisoner the money is expended.
TN Code § 41-4-128 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-128. Accounts of Appropriated Funds

 It is the duty of the county trustee to keep a book in which the trustee keeps an account showing the amounts appropriated from time to time, and also to keep a correct account of all moneys drawn by the sheriff from the contingent fund.
TN Code § 41-4-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-129. Accounts of Sheriffs and Jailers

 Sheriffs and jailers shall make written statements of account, properly proven and sworn to, for the keeping of prisoners, specifying distinctly each item and the amount due for each item.   Code 1858, § 5430 (deriv. Acts 1823, ch. 51, § 1); Shan., § 7441; mod. Code 1932, § 12050; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1133.
TN Code § 41-4-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-130. [reserved.]

  The fees of jailers shall be taxed separately from the general bills of costs of criminal cases.   All state costs shall be properly proved and sworn to before the clerk of the criminal or circuit court of the county and certified by the clerk for payment.
TN Code § 41-4-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-132. Sheriff's Fees

 The accounts of sheriffs for keeping prisoners in their respective jails charged with crime, for which the state may eventually become liable, shall be certified; provided, that the sheriffs having such bills shall first make oath as to the correctness of the bills before the clerk of the circuit or criminal court, who shall affix the clerk's certificate to the bills.
TN Code § 41-4-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-133. Filing of Sheriff's Bills

 The clerk of the court shall then file the bills of the sheriff, together with the affidavit of the sheriff, whose signature shall be certified in writing under seal of office as authentic by the clerk of the court on the face of the document, and then the sheriff or the clerk shall forward the bills to the proper authorities for payment.
TN Code § 41-4-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-134. Compliance as Prerequisite to Payment

 The commissioner of finance and administration shall not issue warrants for any accounts of sheriffs for boarding prisoners until the bill shows on its face compliance with all of the requirements of §§ 41-4-131 — 41-4-133.
TN Code § 41-4-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-135. Refund to State of Costs Collected From Defendant

 If costs are afterward collected from the defendant or the defendant's sureties, they shall be turned over to the state treasurer by the clerk of the court as fines are remitted.
TN Code § 41-4-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-136. Monthly Audit of Jailer's Fees

 The jailer's fees for county prisoners shall be referred monthly to the county mayor for inspection, who shall audit the fees and cause the clerk to issue a warrant for the amount allowed.
TN Code § 41-4-137 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-137. Refund to County of Fees Collected From Defendant

 If, after the hearing of any case in any of the courts upon which the costs of jailer’s fees or any part of the jailer’s fees has been paid as provided in § 41-4-136, any of the sum is collected from the defendant, the sum collected shall be placed in the county treasury to reimburse the county.
TN Code § 41-4-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-138. Physical Examination of Prisoners

  The sheriff of each county who is charged with the care and custody of prisoners is empowered to hire a female registered nurse and a male registered nurse who are authorized to make complete physical examinations of all persons committed to the custody of the sheriff for the purpose of preventing the spread of any contagious disease. The physical examinations may include the taking of blood tests and Pap smear tests and any other tests that are approved and recommended by the county health officer.   All females committed to the custody of the sheriff are to be examined only by the female registered nurse hired for that purpose and all males committed to the custody of the sheriff are to be examined by the male nurse hired for that purpose.
TN Code § 41-4-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-139. State Prisoners — Payment to County or Municipality for Keeping

  Whenever the chief executive officer of any county penal farm certifies on or before the tenth day of each month to the judicial cost accountant the state prisoners kept in the institution and the number of days each was kept in the institution during the preceding month, the judicial cost accountant shall cause to be paid to the county the subsidy for that county as fixed by provisions of chapter 8 of this title and the contracts entered into pursuant thereto.   For the purposes of this section, “county penal farm” is construed to include city jails in those municipalities that have concurrent jurisdiction with general sessions courts over state misdemeanors. The municipality shall be compensated in the same manner and conditions as counties are compensated.
TN Code § 41-4-141 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-141. Interlocal Agreements for Joint Operation of Jails — Legislative Intent — Allowable Agreements

  It is the intent of the general assembly to allow interlocal agreements where two (2) or more counties jointly operate a jail. The general assembly finds that regional jails would allow counties to save funds and lower their liability risks.   Nothing in this chapter or any other provision of general law shall be construed to prevent two (2) or more counties from entering into an interlocal agreement for the joint operation of a jail to serve the counties so agreeing.   An interlocal agreement may specify that:  One (1) county actually operates the facility, but all participating counties equally share policy and decision-making responsibilities;   Adjoining counties may contract with a single county to house their prisoners and relinquish their authority regarding policy and decision-making; or   Each participating county operates its own facility for pretrial inmates, but joins with other counties for post-conviction incarcerations.
TN Code § 41-4-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-142. Charging Inmates for Issued Items

  Any county or municipality may, by resolution or ordinance adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its legislative body, establish and implement a plan authorizing the jail or workhouse administrator of the county or municipality to charge an inmate committed to that jail or workhouse a fee, not to exceed the actual cost, for items issued to inmates upon each new admission to jail.   Any county or municipality may, by resolution or ordinance adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its legislative body, establish and implement a plan authorizing the jail or workhouse administrator of the county or municipality to charge an inmate committed to that jail or workhouse a nominal fee set by the legislative body at the time of adoption for the following special services, when provided at the inmate's request:  Participation in GED(R) or other scholastic testing for which the administering agency charges a fee for each test administered;   Escort by correctional officers to a hospital or other health care facility for the purpose of visiting an immediate family member who is a patient at the facility; or   Escort by correctional officers for the purpose of visiting a funeral home or church upon the death of an immediate family member.     A plan adopted pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) may authorize the jail or workhouse administrator to deduct the amount from the inmate's jail trust account or any other account or fund established by or for the benefit of the inmate while incarcerated. Nothing in this section shall be construed as authorizing a county or municipality to deny necessary clothing or hygiene items or to fail to provide the services specified in subsection (b) based on the inmate's inability to pay a fee or costs.
TN Code § 41-4-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-143. Report on Prisoners Escaping From Work Details

 The sheriff shall within thirty (30) days report to the county legislative body and to the department of correction the name of any prisoner who escapes while serving on a work detail and shall indicate whether the work detail on which the prisoner was serving was supervised or unsupervised.
TN Code § 41-4-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-144. Jailer Qualifications

  After July 1, 2006, any person employed as a jail administrator, jailer, corrections officer or guard in a county jail or workhouse shall:  Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;   Be a citizen of the United States;   Be a high school graduate or possess its equivalency, which shall include a general educational development (GED(R)) certificate;   Not have been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, or entered a plea of nolo contendere to any felony charge or to any violation of any federal or state laws or municipal ordinances relating to force, violence, theft, dishonesty, gambling, liquor, controlled substances or controlled substance analogues;   Not have been released or discharged under any other than honorable discharge from any of the armed forces of the United States;   Have the person's fingerprints on file with the Tennessee bureau of investigation;   Have passed a physical examination by a licensed physician;   Have a good moral character as determined by a thorough investigation conducted by the sheriff's office; and   Have been certified by a Tennessee licensed health care provider qualified in the psychiatric or psychological field as being free from any impairment, as set forth in the current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association at the time of the examination, that would, in the professional judgment of the examiner, affect the person's ability to perform an essential function of the job, with or without a reasonable accommodation.      Requirements for minimum qualifications as set forth in subsection (a) shall be mandatory and binding upon any municipality, county or political subdivision of this state.   Any person who appoints any applicant who, to the knowledge of the appointor, fails to meet the minimum qualifications as set forth in subsection (a), and any person who signs the warrant or check for the payment of the salary of any person who, to the knowledge of the signer, fails to meet the minimum qualifications as set forth in this section, commits a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000).   This section shall not apply to any jail administrator, jailer, corrections officer or guard hired by any municipality, county, or political subdivision of this state prior to July 1, 2006.     Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preclude an employing agency from establishing qualifications and standards for hiring and training jail or workhouse employees that exceed those set forth in this section.
TN Code § 41-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Corrections Institute|§ 41-7-101. Chapter Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Board” means the board of control of the Tennessee corrections institute;   “Correctional personnel” means all correctional officers, dormitory supervisor counselors, both adult and juvenile, and chaplains employed in municipal, county and metropolitan jurisdictions; and   “Institute” means the Tennessee corrections institute.
TN Code § 41-7-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Corrections Institute|§ 41-7-102. Institute Created

  There is hereby created the Tennessee corrections institute.   [Deleted by 2019 amendment.]
TN Code § 41-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Corrections Institute|§ 41-7-103. Purposes and Duties

 The Tennessee corrections institute shall:   Train correctional personnel in the methods of delivering correctional services in municipal, county and metropolitan jurisdictions;   Evaluate correctional programs in municipal, county and metropolitan jurisdictions. At the request of the commissioner of correction, the institute may also evaluate state correctional programs;   Conduct studies and research in the area of corrections and criminal justice in order to make recommendations to the governor, the commissioner of correction and the general assembly; and   Inspect all local penal institutions, jails, workhouses or any other local correctional facility in accordance with § 41-4-140.
TN Code § 41-7-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 7 - Tennessee Corrections Institute|§ 41-7-104. Students Eligible — Fees

  In addition to correctional personnel from other jurisdictions within the state, students pursuing a degree with a major in any field within the area of criminal justice in a college or university of this state should also be eligible for enrollment and training at the institute, the same as if they were correctional personnel.   The institute may charge reasonable fees to cover costs of any food, lodging, instrumental materials, equipment or services furnished to trainees, as may be established by the board.   A fee of ten cents (10¢) shall be collected for each completed telephone call made by an inmate housed in a local jail or workhouse. Such fees shall be remitted by the telephone service provider to the state treasurer each quarter and credited to a special account in the state general fund designated as the local correctional officer training fund to be used exclusively to fund certification training provided through the institute for local correctional personnel within the state. The institute’s board of control shall approve all expenditures from the fund. Funds deposited in the account shall not revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year. On or before February 1, 2013, and by February 1 of each subsequent year, the institute shall report to the chairs of the state and local government and finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the local government and finance, ways and means committees of the house of representatives on the fund’s reserves and expenditures, which report shall include at least the following information for the prior calendar year:  The amount of available reserves;   The amount of expenditures made from the fund; and   The manner of making such expenditures.