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TN Code § 41-22-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 41-22-130. Inmate Labor

  Subject to the conditions set out in subsection (b), the commissioner of correction is authorized to utilize inmate labor to construct, renovate or repair prison facilities, including time-building institutions, classification centers, alternative incarceration units and other buildings used for the housing or care of inmates.   Prior to using inmate labor for the purposes set out in subsection (a), the commissioner shall determine that the use will:  Result in a cost savings to the state;   Not compromise the safety of correction employees or the general public;   Not substantially increase the likelihood of escapes and other breaches of security or the introduction of dangerous contraband into prison facilities; and   Result in a finished product of a quality that is sufficient for the building being constructed, renovated or repaired.     The commissioner is authorized to make such rules, regulations or departmental policy as the commissioner deems advisable in connection with the use of inmate labor for the construction, renovation or repair of prison facilities.
TN Code § 41-22-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-201. Road Work Authorized

 The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to contract with the commissioner of transportation for the use of any or all inmates, except those for which it is undesirable or impracticable in the opinion of those officials, to work outside the walls of the main prison in constructing any new or maintaining any old public road in this state.
TN Code § 41-22-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-202. Purchase of Necessary Equipment — Temporary Stockades — Rules and Regulations

  The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and directed to purchase equipment, such as tools, road working machinery and motor trucks for the speedy transfer of the inmates from one point to another, that may become necessary in the judgment of the commissioner to effectually and economically carry out §§ 41-22-201 — 41-22-204.   The commissioner is further authorized and directed to build temporary stockades in which to safely keep and house the prisoners working under the provisions of §§ 41-22-201 — 41-22-204 and to make such rules and regulations regarding their well being and safekeeping as in the commissioner's opinion are necessary.
TN Code § 41-22-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-203. Interdepartmental Compensation

  The commissioner of transportation shall pay the commissioner of correction for the use of inmates employed under §§ 41-22-201 — 41-22-204 out of the highway fund or any other fund under the commissioner of transportation's control. The commissioner of correction shall in turn, except as provided in this part, pay the moneys so received into the state treasury, where they shall be credited to the department of correction.   The rate of pay shall not exceed the department of correction expenditures necessary to enable such inmates to perform the contracted labor while ensuring adequate security, plus an additional amount to be determined by the commissioners of correction and transportation for the purpose of funding § 41-22-204, but not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the amount paid by the department of transportation to the department of correction.
TN Code § 41-22-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-204. Special Compensation for Inmates

 The additional amount prescribed in § 41-22-203 shall be kept and reserved in a special fund for the use and benefit of the inmates so employed. This fund is to be reserved by the commissioner of correction and with the approval of the governor, to be used in making payments to deserving inmates, on a fair proportionate basis or to their dependents, in such sums and at such times as may be considered by the commissioner proper in order to reward good conduct, give the stimulus of hope to the inmates and best encourage them in discipline and efficiency.
TN Code § 41-22-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-205. Census of Inmates for Road Work

 On or before March 1 of each year, the commissioner of correction shall prepare a census of all male inmates in the custody of the department who, in the commissioner's judgment, are available for work on the county roads and highways of the state and shall also make an estimate of the men who will be available by additions during the road working season.
TN Code § 41-22-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-206. Notification to Counties — Preparation for Work — Terms and Conditions of Employment

 When the census provided for in § 41-22-205 is completed, the county mayor of each county shall be notified by the commissioner of correction that certain inmates of the penitentiaries are available and subject to be employed upon the county roads, pikes and highways of the counties and that the county mayor may apply for the inmates' services, upon such terms and conditions as may be required by the commissioner. The county mayor may fix and select the quarters and shall prepare equipment for the working of the inmates on the county roads, pikes and highways that will be maintained, controlled, and operated by the county mayor. Whenever any county enters into a contract with the commissioner for employment of inmates of the penitentiaries, the inmates and all machinery used by them shall be under the absolute control of such officers as may be designated and provided by the commissioner, but the inmates shall be worked on such roads, pikes or highways as may be designated by the county employing them.
TN Code § 41-22-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-207. Contract With County

 The commissioner of correction may, in the commissioner's discretion, contract with a county for building highways, if that work is being done with state allocated funds. Such a contract shall be made only upon the authority of the governor and upon the approval of the commissioner of transportation, and all work under the contract shall be performed by inmates of the penitentiaries.
TN Code § 41-22-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-208. Consideration of Applications

 In the event two (2) or more counties make application for inmate labor, the applications shall be considered in the order in which filed with the commissioner of correction; provided, that the commissioner may reject any application if the commissioner determine that the inmates can be used to better advantage.
TN Code § 41-22-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-209. Rate of Compensation — Payment of Expenses

  The rate of compensation for the labor of inmates of the penitentiaries shall be fixed and determined by the commissioner of correction and by the county legislative body entering into the contract and shall be in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner; provided, that the rate of compensation shall not be less than one dollar ($1.00) per day of ten (10) hours for labor of each inmate employed on the work.   The commissioner is authorized to pay all necessary transportation of inmates, guards and equipment out of the correction budget.
TN Code § 41-22-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-210. Provision of Equipment

 The commissioner of correction is authorized to purchase and provide all necessary equipment for the working of prisoners on the county roads, pikes and highways, and the equipment shall be paid out of the correction budget.
TN Code § 41-22-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-211. Period During Which Road Work May Be Done

 Inmate employment and operation in road work may be during the period beginning April 1 and ending December 1, and no inmates of the penitentiaries shall be hired or worked in any county on road work during any other period of the year.
TN Code § 41-22-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-212. Quarters for Inmates — Prison Rules Applicable

 The commissioner shall provide suitable quarters for the inmates employed on the state or county roads and all rules and regulations of the penitentiaries and all the laws applicable to the control, discipline, protection of or escape of inmates from the penitentiaries shall apply to those quarters and to the inmates wherever at work on the highways or roads.
TN Code § 41-22-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-213. Superintendents and Guards

 The commissioner is authorized to employ and designate a person or persons as quarters and road superintendents and to employ as many guards as necessary in working inmates on the county roads, pikes, highways or railroads.
TN Code § 41-22-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-214. Payments Under Contract

 Where a contract is made with any county for inmate labor, payments therefor shall be made to the commissioner by the fifteenth of each and every month during the life of the contract.
TN Code § 41-22-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 2 - Road Work by Inmates|§ 41-22-215. Use of Inmate Labor on Federally Funded Construction

  Power is conferred upon the commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, to make and enter into agreements and contracts with the commissioner of transportation and any officer or agency of the federal government under the power conferred by any act of congress of the United States granting funds for the construction of roads, for the employment of inmates in the custody of the department of correction on such roads as the officer or agency of the federal government and the state department of transportation may desire to construct or reconstruct in cooperation with the United States government and state of Tennessee, or with the United States government, state of Tennessee and any county, or with the United States government and any county; provided, that no employment shall be required of any inmates that is not safe, healthful and suitable to the physical condition and attainments of the inmates.   The rules of the commissioner of correction as permitted under this part shall be applicable in the employment of the inmates of the penitentiaries upon such agreements and contracts as may be entered into by an officer or agency of the federal government and the state department of transportation.
TN Code § 41-22-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-301. Contracting Board

 The county mayor, county clerk and sheriff of each county are constituted a board for their respective counties, whose duty it is to enter into contracts with public road commissioners or other officers or road contractors having the superintendence of working the public roads, for the employment on the public roads of inmates confined in the county jails for the nonpayment of fines and/or costs adjudged against them by the courts.
TN Code § 41-22-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-302. Contracts Without Delay

 The contracts are to be made without delay when an inmate is confined in the county jail. It is made the duty of those having the superintendence of the working of the public roads, or road contractors, to enter into contracts immediately with the board named in §  41-22-301 for the employment of the inmates.
TN Code § 41-22-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-303. Guarding of Work Parties

 The contract shall be made according to the following provisions and restrictions:   It is the duty of the sheriff of the county to select a guard for the inmates to guard them from the time they are removed from the county jail to be put to work until returned;   It is the duty of the county legislative body to furnish the guard with picks to be placed on each inmate during the time of their removal from the county jail and employment on the public roads, to prevent them under any circumstances from escaping, and the guard shall be responsible for the safe return of the inmates to the county jail; and   While guarding the inmates, the guard shall be clothed with the same authority, and the guard's duties and powers shall be the same, as pertain to sheriffs in the guarding of inmates.
TN Code § 41-22-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-304. Work Day — Amount Credited Against Fines and Costs

 Inmates shall be worked on any of the public roads of the county. The same number of hours of labor per day as is required by the public road laws shall constitute a day's work. An inmate shall be allowed one dollar ($1.00) for each day's work, which amount shall be credited to the inmate's fine and costs.
TN Code § 41-22-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-305. Punishment for Refusal to Work

 Any inmate refusing to work shall be fed only with one (1) meal per day until willing to render good service as a laborer and proves it by doing good work.
TN Code § 41-22-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-306. Supervision

 Work shall be under the supervision of the guard having instructions from at least two (2) members of the board of employment on what road and places and how the guard shall have the work performed.
TN Code § 41-22-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-307. Compensation of Guard

  The guard shall receive for services not exceeding one dollar ($1.00) per day for each day employed, or an amount not exceeding two dollars ($2.00) per day as the sheriff shall agree to pay. The county mayor, on the order of the county legislative body, shall draw a warrant on the county trustee, who shall pay the guard for services out of the county treasury.   The sheriff of the county, or any of the sheriff's deputies, may act as guard for the inmates while they are absent from the jail, or the sheriff shall appoint a good person to serve as guard for the inmates during that time.
TN Code § 41-22-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-308. Part Supplemental to Workhouse Provisions

 This part shall not be construed to conflict with chapter 2 of this title, providing for the construction of workhouses in any county or declaring any county jail a workhouse, but shall be construed as supplementary to that chapter, and this part shall apply to such counties as are not actually working all of their inmates confined in the county jail for nonpayment of fines and costs adjudged against them or that may hereafter not be actually working the inmates according to chapter 2 of this title.
TN Code § 41-22-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 3 - Road Work by Jail Inmates|§ 41-22-309. Counties Acting Jointly

 The county employment boards, created by this part, of any two (2) or more adjoining counties, when they deem it advisable, may combine the inmates of those counties and work them on the public roads of those counties, according to the rules and regulations provided in this part.
TN Code § 41-22-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 4 - Tricor Inmate Labor Act of 1994|§ 41-22-401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “TRICOR Inmate Labor Act of 1994.”
TN Code § 41-22-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 4 - Tricor Inmate Labor Act of 1994|§ 41-22-402. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Equipment” includes, but is not limited to, motor vehicles, industrial machinery, agricultural machinery, office machinery, electronic equipment and computer equipment;   “Raw materials” includes, but is not limited to, materials used in the production of goods and services produced or sold by TRICOR; and   “TRICOR” means the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction, the inmate program that provides:  Manufacturing, business services or agricultural jobs for inmates, or any combination of those jobs;   The training and skill development necessary for inmate employment in manufacturing, business services or agricultural jobs and in placement in its post-release program; and   The marketing and sale of prison industry products and services.
TN Code § 41-22-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 4 - Tricor Inmate Labor Act of 1994|§ 41-22-403. Legislative Intent

 The intent of the general assembly and the policy of the state regarding the labor of inmates within the correctional system is as follows:   The department of correction is responsible for establishing and assigning inmates to the following inmate programs:  Academic and vocational education;   Special needs programming;   Inmate jobs necessary for supporting the operations of the prisons; and   Inmate jobs providing services to the community, appropriately based on the custody level of the inmate as determined by department of correction policy;     TRICOR has a mission to accomplish the following objectives:  Work inmates in manufacturing, business services or agricultural jobs;   Offset the costs of incarceration by generating revenue through the sale of products or business services;   Develop work opportunities that minimize the impact on free-world jobs;   Integrate work opportunities with education and vocational training;   Develop good work habits and marketable skills;   Develop and operate a post-release placement system; and   Provide or create other programs and services as deemed necessary by TRICOR to support an inmate's rehabilitation and reintegration efforts; and      The board created in § 41-22-404 is responsible for developing jobs, training and selecting department of correction inmates for participation in industry, business services or agricultural programs and for the sale of products or services for the purpose of generating revenue to offset the costs of incarceration.   The department is responsible for assigning inmates to TRICOR jobs that are developed by the board of directors established in § 41-22-404.
TN Code § 41-22-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 4 - Tricor Inmate Labor Act of 1994|§ 41-22-404. Board Created

 There is created a board to be known as the Tennessee rehabilitative initiative in correction (TRICOR) board, referred to in this part as “the board,” which has the authority to manage and operate the TRICOR programs for the state including its post-release placement program. The board's management and operation of TRICOR shall not interfere with the commissioner's duty to provide for the security of the institutions.
TN Code § 41-22-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 22 - Work Programs|Part 4 - Tricor Inmate Labor Act of 1994|§ 41-22-405. Appointment — Membership

   The board shall be appointed by the governor and shall be accountable to the governor and shall be accountable to the general assembly through the state and local government committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having oversight over corrections.   A person with a conflict of interest with TRICOR or with this state may not serve on the board.     The board shall consist of nine (9) voting members, one (1) of whom shall be the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designee; provided, that the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designee, shall not cast a vote unless a vote taken by other board members results in a tie, in which case the commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designee, shall cast the deciding vote. All board members, other than the commissioner of correction or the commissioner's designee, shall be citizens and residents of this state.   Board members shall have the following qualifications:  At least one (1) member shall be a person of eminence in the field of manufacturing, preferably with experience in management at the executive level;   At least one (1) member shall be a person of eminence in the field of labor, preferably having served as an official representing organized labor at the state level;   At least one (1) member shall be a person of eminence in the field of agriculture, preferably having a strong decentralized farm management background;   At least one (1) member shall be a person of eminence in fiscal management of a company or organization;   One (1) member shall be an attorney with a strong background in business or corporate law;   One (1) member shall be the executive director of the Tennessee state employees association;   The remaining members shall be persons with professional experience appropriate for assisting in carrying out the mission of TRICOR, in disciplines such as sales and marketing and human resources and relations; and   In making appointments to the board, the governor shall ensure that at least one (1) person appointed to serve on the board is a member of a racial minority and at least one (1) person appointed to the board is a female.     In making initial appointments to the board, two (2) members shall be appointed to terms of one (1) year, two (2) members shall be appointed to terms of two (2) years, two (2) members shall be appointed to terms of three (3) years, and two (2) members shall be appointed to terms of four (4) years. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for terms of four (4) years. A vacancy occurring in the board shall be filled by the governor for the balance of the unexpired term. When a board member's term expires, the board may elect to have the incumbent continue to serve until a new appointment is made.   The governor may remove a board member only for good cause and, in so doing, the governor shall submit in writing to the member and to the general assembly the basis for the removal.