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TN Code § 41-2-145 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-145. Program and Rating System — Reduction of Time to Serve

   The sheriff of any county having a consolidated or metropolitan form of government and all counties of the state having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall develop an inmate incentive program for workhouse prisoners, whereby credit may be given toward the reduction of time that an inmate is required to serve for the inmate's participation in academic or vocational education classes sponsored by the consolidated or metropolitan government and all counties of the state having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and for above average performance in the inmate's job placement, on the basis of a rating system devised by the sheriff.   In all other counties, the sheriff or superintendent may develop an inmate incentive program for workhouse prisoners whereby credit may be given toward the reduction of time that an inmate is required to serve for the inmate's participation in academic or vocational education classes on the basis of a rating system.     The program and rating system shall be approved by a three-member commission established pursuant to § 41-2-134. The commission shall be the same commission as set up to oversee the work release program.   All reductions in time to be served by the prisoners shall be approved by the commission. Those credits of time shall be in addition to any other credits toward sentence reduction to which workhouse inmates are entitled by provisions of any other law.   The sheriff is authorized to develop a schedule whereby an inmate is credited with a certain amount of time for active participation in an academic or vocational training program for a certain number of days and with a certain amount of time for maintaining a rating of above average job performance for a certain number of days.   Those credits on time shall be in addition to any other credits toward sentence reduction to which workhouse inmates are entitled by any other law.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a county sheriff may create an inmate reentry education program. The successful completion of a reentry education program may allow an inmate to qualify for an educational sentence reduction credit of sixty (60) days if the inmate successfully receives a high school equivalency credential, high school diploma, vocational education diploma, or other postsecondary or industry-recognized certification. No credit will be given for any credential, diploma, degree, or certification unless the course of study, including the institution or entity through which the credential, diploma, degree, or certification is offered, has received the prior approval of the department of correction.
TN Code § 41-2-146 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-146. Workhouse or Jail Maintenance Work — Reduction of Sentence for Inmate Labor

  When any prisoner has been sentenced to imprisonment in a county workhouse or jail or is serving time in the county jail or workhouse pursuant to an agreement with the department of correction, the sheriff or superintendent of the county shall be authorized to permit the prisoner to participate in work programs.   Work performed by the prisoner under this section shall be credited toward reduction of the prisoner's sentence in the following manner: for each one (1) day worked on such duties by the prisoner the sentence shall be reduced by two (2) days.
TN Code § 41-2-147 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-147. Certain Prisoners in Local Jails or Workhouses — Eligibility for Work-Related Programs — Credits

  The sheriff or administrative authority having responsibility for the custody of any person sentenced to a local jail or workhouse pursuant to former § 40-35-302 [repealed], § 40-35-306 [repealed], § 40-35-307 [repealed] or § 40-35-311 [repealed] or present § 40-35-302, § 40-35-306, § 40-35-307 or § 40-35-314 shall, when a person has become eligible for work related programs pursuant to those sections, be authorized to permit the person to perform any of the duties set out in § 41-2-123 or § 41-2-146.   Work performed by a prisoner under this section shall be credited toward reduction of the prisoner's sentence in the following manner: for each one (1) day worked on such duties by the prisoner the sentence shall be reduced by two (2) days.   Any prisoner receiving sentence credits under this section shall not be eligible for the sentence reduction authorized by § 41-2-111.
TN Code § 41-2-149 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-149. Work Release Programs — Litter Removal — Participation

  Except as provided in subsection (b), all persons sentenced to the county workhouse, either for a felony or misdemeanor conviction, in counties with an existing work release program whereby, among other things, prisoners remove litter and trash from public roads and other public areas, may be required to participate in the litter removal portion of that work release program during the period of the person's incarceration.    The only exceptions to the requirements of subsection (a) shall be for those persons who, in the opinion of the sheriff or the superintendent of the jail, would present a security risk or a danger to the public if allowed to leave the confines of the jail or workhouse and those persons who, in the opinion of a licensed physician, should not perform the labor for medical reasons.   Nothing in this section shall be construed as making persons convicted of the offense of driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 eligible to participate in a work release program, a litter removal program or receive sentence reduction credits as authorized by this section, nor shall this section be construed as altering or decreasing the penalties established by law for that offense.     All persons participating in the work release program required by this section shall receive sentence reduction credits for the work at the same rate as is provided in § 41-2-123(b)(3).
TN Code § 41-2-150 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-150. Work Programs — Participation Required — Exceptions

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, except as provided in subsection (b), any person sentenced to the county workhouse or jail, either for a felony or misdemeanor conviction, in counties with programs whereby prisoners work either for pay or sentence reduction, or both, shall be required to participate in work programs during the period of the person's incarceration. Any prisoner who refuses to participate in those programs when work is available shall have any sentence reduction credits received pursuant to § 41-2-123 or § 41-2-146 reduced by two (2) days of credit for each one (1) day of refusal to work. Any prisoner who refuses to participate in the work programs who has not received any sentence reduction credits pursuant to §  41-2-123 or §  41-2-146 may be denied good time credit in accordance with § 41-2-111(b) and may also be denied any other privileges given to inmates in good standing for  refusal to work.   The only exceptions to the requirements of subsection (a) shall be for those persons who, in the opinion of the sheriff or the superintendent of the jail, would present a security risk or a danger to the public if allowed to leave the confines of the jail or workhouse and those persons who, in the opinion of a licensed physician or licensed medical professional, should not perform the labor for medical reasons.
TN Code § 41-2-151 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-151. Interlocal Agreements for Joint Operation of Workhouses

 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 workhouse to serve the counties so agreeing.
TN Code § 41-3-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses|§ 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.
TN Code § 41-3-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses|§ 41-3-102. Punishment of Prisoners

  Any prisoner refusing to work or becoming disorderly may be confined in solitary confinement and fed on bread and water or subjected to such other punishment, not inconsistent with humanity, as may be deemed necessary by the commissioners for the government and control of the prisoners.   Prisoners refusing to work or while in solitary confinement shall receive no credit for the time so spent.
TN Code § 41-3-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses|§ 41-3-103. Payment of Earnings to Prisoner Held for Safekeeping

 If a prisoner is confined for safekeeping, the prisoner's earnings, after paying for board, shall be paid over to the prisoner on discharge.   Code 1858, § 5414; Shan., § 7394; Code 1932, § 12001; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1403.
TN Code § 41-3-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses|§ 41-3-104. Detention for Failure to Pay Fines and Costs

 If a prisoner is confined for failure to pay a fine and costs, the prisoner shall be detained until the fine and costs, except litigation tax, have been paid by the proceeds of the prisoner's labor.   Code 1858, § 5415; Shan., § 7395; mod. Code 1932, § 12002; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1404.   Code Commission Notes.   Provisions of this section concerning imprisonment for failure to pay costs may be affected by Anderson v. Ellington, 300 F. Supp. 789 (M.D. Tenn. 1969), which held that imprisonment for nonpayment of costs violates the United States Constitution.
TN Code § 41-3-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses|§ 41-3-105. Detention After Term of Imprisonment

 After the term for which a prisoner is imprisoned has expired, the prisoner shall be detained until the fine and costs are paid, as provided in § 41-3-104.   Code 1858, § 5417; Shan., § 7397; Code 1932, § 12003; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1405.   Code Commission Notes.   Provisions of this section concerning imprisonment for failure to pay costs may be affected by Anderson v. Ellington, 300 F. Supp. 789 (M.D. Tenn. 1969), which held that imprisonment for nonpayment of costs violates the United States Constitution.
TN Code § 41-3-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses|§ 41-3-107. Public Service for Municipal Offenders — Immunity From Liability

  Municipal offenders confined or subject to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse under applicable law may be sentenced by the court to perform public service work for the municipality.   The municipality and its officers and employees shall not be liable for any injury sustained by the offender while the offender is on a public service work detail if the municipality exercised due care in the supervision of the offender.   The municipality and its officers and employees shall not be liable to any person for the acts of any offender while the offender is on a public service work detail if the municipality exercised due care in the supervision of the offender.   The municipality and its officers and employees shall not be liable to any offender or the offender's family for death or injuries received while the offender is on a public service work detail if the municipality exercised due care in the supervision of the offender.   The authority and protection from liability provided by this section are supplemental and in addition to the authority and protection provided in other laws.
TN Code § 41-4-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-101. Duty of Sheriff — Appointment of Jailer

 The sheriff of the county has, except in cases otherwise provided by law, the custody and charge of the jail of the county and of all prisoners committed to the jail and may appoint a jailer.   Code 1858, § 5400; Shan., § 7375; Code 1932, § 11984; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1101; Acts 2017, ch. 401, § 1.
TN Code § 41-4-102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-102. Delivery of Jail and Prisoners to Successor in Office

  Upon the resignation, death, removal from office or expiration of the term of office of any sheriff or coroner acting as sheriff, the jail and the prisoners in the jail, with everything belonging or pertaining thereto, shall be delivered over to the successor of the sheriff or coroner or any person duly authorized by law to take charge of the jail.   A failure to comply with this section, after demand made by the person entitled to the charge of the jail, is a misdemeanor.    Code 1858, §§ 5407, 5408 (deriv. Acts 1777 (Nov.), ch. 8, § 12); Shan., §§ 7385, 7386; Code 1932, §§ 11994, 11995; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1102.   Code Commission Notes.   The misdemeanor in subsection (b) has been designated as Class A by authority of § 40-35-110, which provides that offenses designated misdemeanors without specification as to category are Class A. See also § 39-11-114.
TN Code § 41-4-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-103. Persons Confined — Evaluation Authorized

  In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons:  Persons committed for trial for public offenses;   Inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal to the penitentiary;   Persons committed for contempt or on civil process;   Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal cases;   Persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense against the United States;   Insane persons, pending transfer to a hospital for the insane or other disposition; and   All other persons committed to the jail  by authority of law.     The jailer may perform evaluations of the persons listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) for purposes of classification, management, care, control and cell assignment.    Code 1932, § 11980; Acts 1978, ch. 602, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1103.
TN Code § 41-4-104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-104. Inmates en Route to Penitentiary

 It is the duty of the jailer to receive and safely keep, without any fee therefor, all inmates on their way to the penitentiary, whenever the sheriff or other officer in charge of such inmates may deem it necessary.   Code 1858, § 5409; Shan., § 7387; Code 1932, § 11996; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1104.
TN Code § 41-4-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-105. Federal Prisoners

 The jailer is liable for failing to receive and safely keep all persons delivered under the authority of the United States, to the like pains and penalties as for similar failures in the case of persons committed under authority of the state; however, the marshal or person delivering a prisoner under authority of the United States is liable to the jailer for fees and the subsistence of the prisoner while so confined, which shall be the same as provided by law for prisoners committed under authority of the state. The jailer will also collect from the marshal fifty cents (50¢) a month for each prisoner, under the resolution of the first congress, and pay the same to the county trustee forthwith, to be accounted for by the trustee as other county funds.   Code 1858, §§ 5397-5399 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 31, §§ 1, 2); Shan., §§ 7372-7374; Code 1932, §§ 11981-11983; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1105.
TN Code § 41-4-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-106. Filing of Process

 The mittimus or process by which any prisoner is committed or discharged from jail, or an attested copy of the mittimus or process, shall be regularly filed in its order and safely kept by the sheriff, or jailer, under the sheriff's direction.   Code 1858, § 5401; Shan., § 7376; Code 1932, § 11985; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1106.
TN Code § 41-4-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-108. Support of Prisoners

 Every person committed to jail may furnish that person's own support, under such precautions as the jailer may deem proper to adopt for the purpose of guarding against escapes and to prevent the importation of intoxicants or narcotics. If such support is not furnished by the prisoner, it shall be furnished by the jailer.   Code 1858, § 5418; Shan., § 7429; mod. Code 1932, § 12038; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1108.
TN Code § 41-4-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-109. Food and Bedding

 The jailer shall furnish adequate food and bedding.   Code 1858, § 5419 (deriv. Acts 1826, ch. 45, § 1); Shan., § 7430; mod. Code 1932, § 12039; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 12039; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1109; Acts 1996, ch. 703, § 1.
TN Code § 41-4-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-110. Segregation of Sexes

 Male and female prisoners, except husband and wife, shall not be kept in the same cell or room in jail.   Code 1858, § 5423; Shan., § 7434; Code 1932, § 12042; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1110.
TN Code § 41-4-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-111. Cleanliness

 The jailers shall enforce cleanliness in their respective jails. They shall furnish the necessary apparatus for shaving once a week, shall provide bathing facilities separate for males and females, shall furnish hot and cold water, clean and sufficient bedding, and laundering once a week to those prisoners who are not able to provide such for themselves. The jailers shall keep the jails clean and shall remove all filth from each cell once every twenty-four (24) hours.   Code 1932, § 12040; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1111.
TN Code § 41-4-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-112. Keys Kept at Jail

 It is the duty of the sheriff, where the jail is not fireproof, and so long as any person is confined in the jail, to be constantly at the jail or to have constantly at the jail someone having in possession all keys necessary to liberate all of the prisoners in the jail in case of fire.
TN Code § 41-4-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-113. Night Duty

 The sheriff or other person shall remain in the jail every night from eight o'clock p.m. (8:00 p.m.) to six o'clock a.m. (6:00 a.m.).
TN Code § 41-4-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-114. Correspondence and Visitors

 After examination and commitment of prisoners, the jailer shall convey letters from prisoners to their counsel and others, sealing and putting them in the post office if required. The jailer shall also admit, without charge, persons having business with prisoners and shall remain present at all interviews between prisoners and others, except their counsel.   Code 1858, § 5421 (deriv. Acts 1826, ch. 45, § 1); Shan., § 7432; Code 1932, § 12041; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1114.
TN Code § 41-4-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-116. Jail Inspectors

  The county legislative body may, at its January term each year, appoint three (3) householders or freeholders, residents of the county, of lawful age, to act as jail inspectors for the ensuing year, or the court may appoint inspectors at any other time to act for a shorter period.   The county mayor shall be an ex officio inspector of the jail in each county.   It is the duty of the inspectors appointed to:  Visit and examine the county jail at least once each month;   Make rules and regulations for the preservation of the health and decorum of the prisoners;   Decide all disputes between the jailer and the prisoners;   Provide for the restraint, by ironing or segregation of prisoners who offer violence to fellow prisoners or to the jailer or the jailer's assistants, or for attempting to break jail; and   Make a report, at each meeting of the county legislative body, of the state and condition of the prisoners and the jail.      Code 1858, §§ 5425-5427 (deriv. Acts 1826, ch. 45, § 2); Shan., §§ 7436-7438; mod. Code 1932, §§ 12043-12045; impl. am. Acts 1978, ch. 934, §§ 7, 16, 36; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-1116 — 41-1118; Acts 1984, ch. 652, § 1; 2003, ch. 90, § 2.
TN Code § 41-4-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-117. Violation as Misdemeanor

 A violation of any of the provisions of §§ 41-4-108 — 41-4-116, whether by the sheriff or by any person selected as jailer or guard by the sheriff, is a Class A misdemeanor.
TN Code § 41-4-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 4 - Jails and Jailers|§ 41-4-118. Employment of Guard

 In all cases where a defendant charged with the commission of a felony is committed to jail, either before or after trial, and the safety of the defendant or the defendant's safekeeping, requires a guard, it is the duty of the sheriff to employ a sufficient guard to protect the defendant from violence and to prevent the defendant's escape or rescue. Nothing in §§ 41-4-118 — 41-4-120 authorizes the employment of a guard in cases of insufficient jails, but in such cases the defendants shall be sent to adjoining counties, as required by law.