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TN Code § 41-21-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 1 - Reception of Inmates|§ 41-21-107. Information Recorded on Reception

  It is the duty of the warden of the Tennessee state penitentiary upon the reception of any inmate to:  Take a complete description of the inmate;   Take the inmate's fingerprints and photograph;   Record the county in which convicted, the nature of the crime and the period of imprisonment;   Obtain from the inmate a full and complete statement, giving a brief history of the inmate's past life, showing past residences, the names and post office addresses of all near relatives, and such other facts as may tend to show the past habits and character of the inmate; and    Have the inmate undergo HIV testing, with or without the inmate's consent, through a licensed medical laboratory, unless the inmate has been tested pursuant to § 39-13-521 before reception. Unless previously tested, the inmate shall undergo HIV testing and shall also undergo a confirmatory test and be referred to appropriate counseling when necessary.   The result of any HIV test ordered under this subdivision (a)(5) is not a public record and shall be available only to:   The person tested;   The attending physician of the person tested;   The department of health; and   The department of correction;     For purposes of this section, “HIV test” means a test of an individual for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), or for antibodies or antigens that result from HIV infection, or for any other substance specifically indicating infection with HIV. The department of correction shall promulgate rules providing for the testing of inmates for HIV, and those rules shall be consistent with the rules and procedures of the department of health;   This subdivision (a)(5) only applies to inmates less than twenty-one (21) years of age.       The warden shall, by correspondence or otherwise, seek to verify or disprove any statements or information obtained from the inmate and pursuant to this section shall preserve the record so obtained as a part of the official records of the Tennessee state penitentiary.    Code 1858, § 5499 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7517; Code 1932, § 12114; Acts 1943, ch. 68, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 12114; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-207; Acts 1997, ch. 298, § 1.
TN Code § 41-21-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 1 - Reception of Inmates|§ 41-21-108. Search of Inmate and Baggage

 The baggage and person of the inmate shall also be carefully searched and every instrument taken from the inmate by which the inmate may effect an escape.   Code 1858, § 5500 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7518; Code 1932, § 12115; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-208.
TN Code § 41-21-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 1 - Reception of Inmates|§ 41-21-109. Precautions Against Contagious Disease

 To prevent the introduction of contagious disorders, the warden shall cause every person sentenced to the penitentiary to be washed, cleansed and kept entirely apart from the other inmates until it is certified by the physician that the inmate may be permitted to join them in labor without danger to their health.   Code 1858, § 5501 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 34); Shan., § 7519; Code 1932, § 12116; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-209.
TN Code § 41-21-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-201. Duty of Warden

 The warden is charged with the duty of treating the inmates with humanity and kindness and protecting them from harsh and cruel treatment and overwork.
TN Code § 41-21-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-202. Grading and Classification of Inmates

 The inmates shall be graded and classified in such a manner as is most conducive to prison discipline and the moral status of the inmates.
TN Code § 41-21-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-203. Cleanliness and Health Measures

  The warden shall set forth rules and regulations necessary to promote the health, cleanliness and physical welfare of the inmates.   The warden shall also adopt measures to ensure the cleanliness and sanitary condition of the institution.    Code 1858, § 5508 (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., § 7527; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12124; Acts 1972, ch. 576, § 11; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-306.
TN Code § 41-21-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-205. Censorship of Mail

 The commissioner of correction, or the commissioner's designated representative, has the duty and is so empowered to establish rules, regulations and procedures regarding the opening, inspecting and reading of mailable items and letters sent to or from any inmate. The regulations shall be established so as to best promote the health, safety and welfare of all inmates.   Code 1858, § 5525 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7544; Code 1932, § 12142; Acts 1972, ch. 576, § 16; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-323.
TN Code § 41-21-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-206. Access to Healthcare Products for Incarcerated Women

  As used in this section:  “Custodian” means the warden of a state correctional facility;   “Healthcare products” includes:  Feminine hygiene products;   Moisturizing soap that is not lye-based;   Toothbrushes;   Toothpaste; and   Any other healthcare product a custodian deems appropriate; and     “State correctional facility” means a state facility or state institution that houses an inmate population under the jurisdiction of the department.     A custodian shall make healthcare products available to all women incarcerated in a state correctional facility at no cost and in a quantity that is appropriate to the needs of the woman without a medical permit. Custodians shall not require that a woman be diagnosed with an illness to access healthcare products. Custodians shall make healthcare products available in housing units and in the medical area of a state correctional facility.   This section does not establish a minimum standard or otherwise create a private right of action concerning the products supplied to a person incarcerated in a state correctional facility.
TN Code § 41-21-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-207. Work or Education of Inmates

  All persons sentenced to the penitentiary shall be kept at labor or at school when in sufficient health.   The work of inmates shall be generally from six (6) to eight (8) hours per day during regular work days throughout the year and the number of hours to be worked in the different seasons of the year shall be regulated by the commissioner of correction. For purposes of this section, any hour an inmate attends school each day shall be credited to the hours the inmate must work each day.    Code 1858, § 5502; Acts 1883, ch. 171, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., §§ 7512, 7521; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, §§ 12108, 12118; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-325; Acts 1992, ch. 1022, §§ 1-3; 2005, ch. 271, § 1.   Law Reviews.   Tennessee Civil Disabilities: A Systemic Approach (Neil P. Cohen), 41 Tenn. L. Rev. 253 (1974).
TN Code § 41-21-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-208. Work Within and Outside Prisons

  The inmates shall be worked within the walls of the prison, except when otherwise provided in this code.    The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor when it appears to be in the best interests of this state, is authorized to permit inmates to work at other places in this state other than within the walls of the prison. Any other work performed by the inmates shall be in connection with the duties and functions of the various departments, commissions and divisions of state, municipal and county governments and upon property owned or leased to the state of Tennessee or its political subdivisions.   The commissioner is authorized to make any rules, regulations and conditions that the commissioner deems necessary and advisable in connection with the performance of such work by inmates.      Code 1858, § 5532; Shan., § 7551; mod. Code 1932, § 12150; Acts 1963, ch. 180, § 2; 1970, ch. 391, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-326.
TN Code § 41-21-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-209. Murderers and Rapists Not to Work Outside

 No inmate under sentence for the crime of murder or rape shall be worked or hired outside of the prison bounds of the penitentiary, unless by the direction of the commissioner of correction.
TN Code § 41-21-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-210. Employment Adapted to Inmate's Condition

 The particular employment of each inmate shall be such as is best adapted to the inmate's age, sex and state of health, having due regard to that employment that is most profitable.   Code 1858, § 5504 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7523; mod. Code 1932, § 12120; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-328.
TN Code § 41-21-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-211. Bibles Furnished

 Each inmate shall be provided with a Bible, which the inmate may be permitted to peruse in the inmate's cell at such times as the inmate is not required to perform prison labor.   Code 1858, § 5510 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 25); Shan., § 7529; Code 1932, § 12126; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-329.
TN Code § 41-21-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-216. Custody of Prisoners' Personal Belongings and Funds

  It is lawful for the warden of the penitentiary, acting under and subject to the power of the commissioner of correction, to take charge of any property in the possession of any of the inmates at the time of their entering the prison, and, on the application of the inmate, to sue for and receive any goods, chattels or money due or belonging to that inmate and to keep a correct account of such goods, chattels or money.   The money or property thus received shall be held subject to the order of the inmate upon discharge, or to the inmate's legal representative in case of death, subject at first to the payment of all costs that may have been adjudged against the inmate and the expenses of keeping the inmate, if any, over the value of the inmate's work.   If no demand is made for the money by the inmate, or a legally authorized agent or personal representative within six (6) months after the inmate's death or discharge, the amount on hand shall be paid by the warden through the commissioner into the state treasury.   The warden shall also cause the clothes of each inmate, when received into the penitentiary, to be washed and carefully put away, and shall place a ticket with the inmate's name on the clothes, to be returned to the inmate on the inmate's discharge; or, if the inmate prefers, to dispose of them to the best advantage, and retain the money, to be paid as provided in subsection (b).    Code 1858, §§ 5477-5480 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, §§ 17, 35); Shan., §§ 7493-7496; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, §§ 12088-12091; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-336 — 41-339.
TN Code § 41-21-217 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-217. Funds Subject to Fines and Costs

 The funds received by the warden under § 41-21-216 are subject to the satisfaction of any judgment for fine and costs rendered against the inmate upon pronouncing sentence and to the expense of keeping the inmate, if any, over and above the inmate's labor.   Code 1858, § 5481 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 17); Shan., § 7497; Code 1932, § 12092; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-340.
TN Code § 41-21-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-218. Notice of Rules to Inmates

 Regulations provided for in this part, with all others adopted by the general assembly or the commissioner in reference to the police and government of the penitentiary, which it is necessary that the inmates should know, together with the provisions of part 4 of this chapter, §§ 39-12-103, 39-13-304, 39-16-201, 39-16-402, 39-16-403, title 39, chapter 16, part 6 in relation to escapes, and § 39-17-303, shall be printed so as to be conveniently read and set up by the warden, in a conspicuous place, and also read and explained by the warden to each inmate upon admission to the penitentiary.   Code 1858, § 5524 (deriv. Acts 1829, ch. 38, § 26); impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7543; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12141; Acts 1972, ch. 576, § 18; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-341; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 40.
TN Code § 41-21-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-219. Clothing, Money and Transportation Furnished on Discharge

  Each inmate housed at a department of correction institution, at the discretion of the commissioner of correction, shall be furnished at the inmate's release, either on parole or probation pursuant to § 40-20-206 or § 40-35-501(a) or when discharged without further supervision, with appropriate clothing and with an amount of money not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00) for an inmate leaving on parole or probation and an amount not to exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for an inmate who is discharged without further supervision. Each inmate who is paroled or placed on probation pursuant to § 40-20-206 or § 40-35-501(a) will also be provided with a nontransferable ticket for the cheapest available means of transportation to the inmate's approved parole or probation residence when private transportation is not available. A parole or probation violator who is re-released within three (3) months following the violator's return to the custody of the department shall be ineligible to receive any release provisions.   Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the commissioner's ability or discretion in enacting policies or undertaking rehabilitative, anti-recidivism, or reentry assistance programs for probationers or parolees.    Code 1858, § 5528; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7527; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12145; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 12145; Acts 1972, ch. 654, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-342; Acts 1988, ch. 570, § 2; 1991, ch. 77, § 1; 2014, ch. 558, § 1.
TN Code § 41-21-220 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-220. Report of Injuries and Deaths

 The warden at the main prison or any branch prison or mine where any inmate meets with sudden death or physical injury by means of violence or accident shall, within ten (10) days after the occurrence of death or physical injury, report the death or injury to the commissioner of correction, together with a detailed statement under oath of all the facts and circumstances bearing upon the death or injury.
TN Code § 41-21-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-221. Examination and Burial of Deceased Prisoners

  Whenever any inmate dies in the penitentiary, the warden shall forthwith notify the commissioner of correction, if practicable, and summon at least one (1) licensed physician of the county of the prison to examine the body of the deceased, whose duty it is to attend and ascertain, as nearly as may be, the cause of death, and report the cause to the commissioner. The warden shall not permit the body to be buried until that examination is made.   If the body is not applied for by the friends of the deceased, nor for medical and surgical science under the provisions of the law, within a convenient time after the examination, the warden shall have it decently interred in the burying place provided for the penitentiary.    Code 1858, §§ 5529, 5530; impl. am. Acts 1895 (Ex. Sess.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1899, ch. 206; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., §§ 7548, 7549; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, §§ 12147, 12148; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102; 1972, ch. 576, § 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 41-344, 41-345.
TN Code § 41-21-222 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-222. Mental Examination of Persons Eligible for Release or Parole

 The department of mental health and substance abuse services, as soon as it is properly staffed and equipped to examine all persons eligible for release or about to be paroled from the penal institutions of the state, upon the request of the commissioner of correction, shall examine all such persons with the view of determining whether the persons are mentally ill or have symptoms of mental illness and report its findings to the commissioner of correction.
TN Code § 41-21-223 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-223. Complaint for Judicial Commitment of Person Scheduled for Release to Hospital or Treatment Resource — Stay of Release Pending Completion of Hearing

 If the commissioner of correction determines from an examination that a person who is in the custody of the department of correction has a mental illness or serious emotional disturbance and because of the mental illness or serious emotional disturbance poses a substantial likelihood of serious harm, as defined in § 33-6-501, then the commissioner shall, no less than thirty (30) days before the person's scheduled release from a correctional facility, file a complaint with the clerk of the court that has jurisdiction under § 33-3-603 for the judicial commitment of the person to a hospital or treatment resource pursuant to title 33, chapter 6, part 5. The clerk shall serve to the person a copy of the complaint pursuant to § 33-3-605, and shall send a copy of the complaint to the district attorney general with jurisdiction in that district. A complaint filed under this section stays the release of the person pending completion of a hearing pursuant to title 33, chapter 3, part 6.
TN Code § 41-21-224 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-224. Notice of Release of Inmate

  Whenever any inmate is released by reason of the expiration of the inmate's term of imprisonment from the penitentiary, the warden shall immediately give written notice of the release to the sheriff of the county and the chief of police of the municipality to which the inmate will return and to the district attorney general of the judicial district to which the inmate will return.   The notice shall clearly state:  The name of the inmate;   The offense for which the inmate was convicted;   The date of the conviction;   The date of the inmate's release; and   When conviction is based on a morals charge, the nature of the charge.
TN Code § 41-21-225 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-225. Registration of Parolees

 All persons released on parole shall immediately register in person or by the probation and parole officer with the sheriff of the county and the chief of police of the city to which the inmate is to be released.
TN Code § 41-21-226 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-226. Evaluation of Inmates

  Every inmate committed to a state penal institution shall be evaluated as to educational level and ability to learn. The report shall be made in writing by the diagnostic and classification center.   It is the duty of the commissioner of correction or the commissioner's designee to establish policy and programs that will bring the communication skills of the inmates up to an acceptable level.   The commissioner shall, at the commissioner's discretion, require all inmates to attend educational classes necessary to bring about the desired results.
TN Code § 41-21-234 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-234. Uniforms of Inmates

  All inmates assigned to the custody of the department of correction shall be clothed in a uniform manufactured by TRICOR. The style and materials of the uniform shall be selected by the commissioner and shall be sufficient to distinguish the inmates from all other persons who are not assigned to the custody of the department. TRICOR shall operate programs within correctional facilities to manufacture this clothing.    All inmates who are performing work or hard labor outside the confines of a correctional facility under guard or the direct supervision of a correctional employee shall be clothed in a uniform of peculiar style so as to clearly distinguish the inmates from other persons.   As used in subdivision (b)(1), “uniform of peculiar style” includes, but is not limited to, a uniform comprised of a series of horizontal stripes.     An inmate who receives the privilege of unsupervised release into the community in order to participate in a program of work release, educational release, restitutional release, prerelease, furlough or parole shall not be required to wear a department of correction inmate uniform during those periods when the inmate is participating in the program and is not on department property.
TN Code § 41-21-235 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 21 - Inmates|Part 2 - Regulation and Care of Inmates|§ 41-21-235. Sexual Abuse Treatment Program for Incarcerated Sex Offenders

  The department of correction, in cooperation with the department of mental health and substance abuse services, shall develop a sexual abuse treatment program for sex offenders incarcerated after the program is instituted.   Successful participation and completion of the treatment program shall be a consideration for parole from a correctional institution.