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TN Code § 41-2-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-112. Fine Accompanying Sentence to Workhouse

 When any person is sentenced to the workhouse, the judge of the court trying the case shall fix the fine in each case against the prisoner at a sum equal to the state and county tax provided by law; provided, that a greater fine may be entered, in the discretion of the court.
TN Code § 41-2-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-113. Sentence to Workhouse in Lieu of Jail

 In all cases where a person is by law liable to be imprisoned in the county jail for safekeeping or punishment, confinement in the workhouse, if one is provided, may, in the discretion of the court, be substituted.   Code 1858, § 5413; Shan., § 7393; Code 1932, § 12006; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1221.
TN Code § 41-2-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-117. Workhouse Sentence Beginning After Term in Penitentiary

 When any inmate is sentenced by the courts to the workhouse, the inmate's time of sentence to begin after a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary has expired, the judge of the court shall, in the commitment to the penitentiary, cause this fact to appear and shall direct the warden of the penitentiary to notify the superintendent of the workhouse of the time when the inmate will be discharged. It is the warden's duty to deliver the inmate upon the order of the superintendent.
TN Code § 41-2-118 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-118. Medical Care of Prisoners

  Where any county has a health officer and jail physician, the person shall attend on all workhouse prisoners while they remain in the jail building after sentence to the workhouse and give them medicine and medical treatment as may be necessary. The health officer and physician shall receive no additional compensation for the services other than the person's regular salary.   Where there is no health officer and jail physician, the county may contract for services with a private physician.
TN Code § 41-2-119 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-119. Board for State Prisoners

  The state shall pay for the board of state prisoners in accordance with chapter 8 of this title.   Within the time requirements of § 41-8-106, the number of prisoners held and bills for the same shall be made out and sworn to by the sheriff or superintendent and certified by the clerk.
TN Code § 41-2-120 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-120. Refusal to Work or Disorderly Conduct

  Any prisoner refusing to work or becoming disorderly may be confined in solitary confinement, or subjected to such other punishment, not inconsistent with humanity, as may be deemed necessary by the sheriff or superintendent for the control of the prisoners, including reducing sentence credits pursuant to the procedure established in § 41-2-111.   Prisoners refusing to work, or while in solitary confinement, shall receive no credit for the time so spent.
TN Code § 41-2-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-121. Transfer to Department of Correction

  Whenever the sheriff or superintendent in charge of the county workhouse or penal farm determines that a prisoner who is convicted and sentenced to the workhouse or penal farm under § 40-23-104, § 40-35-314 or former § 40-35-311 proves to be a troublemaker or does not adjust to the proper type of operation of the workhouse or penal farm and creates a problem, the sheriff or superintendent may then present to the court that ordered the prisoner confined in the county workhouse or penal farm for the term of such sentence a petition setting forth the reasons why, in the officer's opinion, an order should be entered transferring the prisoner from the county workhouse or penal farm to the department of correction.   A copy of the petition shall be served upon the prisoner by the sheriff and the prisoner then brought before the court to show cause why the prisoner should not be transferred from the county workhouse or penal farm to the department to serve out the term in the department in conformity with the allegations and prayer of the petition before the court. If the judge of the court that ordered the prisoner confined in the county workhouse or penal farm for the term of such sentence is not immediately available due to death, illness, recess or any other reason, the petition may be presented to and acted upon by any other judge of a court of equal or concurrent jurisdiction.
TN Code § 41-2-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-122. Transfer to State Psychiatric Hospital

  Whenever the sheriff or superintendent or other official in charge of the county workhouse or penal farm determines that a prisoner convicted and sentenced to the workhouse or penal farm requires hospitalization for treatment of a mental illness, that official may seek the admission of the prisoner to a state psychiatric hospital under § 33-6-201, title 33, chapter 6, part 4 or title 33, chapter 6, part 5.   A prisoner from a workhouse or penal farm who is admitted to a state psychiatric hospital under § 33-6-201, title 33, chapter 6, part 4 or title 33, chapter 6, part 5 shall be returned to the workhouse or penal farm whenever the superintendent of the hospital determines that the prisoner no longer meets the standards under which the prisoner was admitted or when continued hospitalization is no longer advisable or beneficial.
TN Code § 41-2-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-124. Work Contracts With Other Counties

 Any county not desiring to work its workhouse prisoners may, through its county mayor, by direction of the county legislative body, contract with any other county for the custody and employment of such prisoners. The prisoners shall then be worked and guarded by the county contracting to take them and shall be subject to any rules that may be established by the workhouse commissioners of that county.
TN Code § 41-2-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-125. Contracts With Department of Transportation

 The department of transportation is authorized to enter into and make such contracts as may be deemed advisable by the department, with county officials charged by law to work workhouse prisoners in the construction or reconstruction of roads and to compensate such counties by allowing credit to the county in cooperating in the construction or reconstruction of roads with the department, for the state or federal government, upon such terms as may be approved by the appropriate department of the government of the United States and the Tennessee department of transportation.
TN Code § 41-2-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-126. Contract to Bail Out Prisoner — Surrender of Prisoner by Bailee — Action Against Delinquent Bailee

  Any person, after sentence of punishment by imprisonment of any prisoner has expired, may, by contract with the workhouse commissioners and with the consent of the prisoner, bail out any prisoner, under the following form and conditions:  State of Tennessee,   County of  .   I,  , principal, and  , sureties, do hereby agree to pay the State of Tennessee, for the use of  county, the sum of  dollars, in monthly installments of  dollars, to be paid on the  day of each month, until the whole is paid, this being the amount for which  is confined in the  county workhouse.  agrees to be bailed out of the workhouse by above parties, and agrees to work out or pay the amount above specified as therein stated, at the office of the county mayor. Should  fail to do so, then  is liable to be arrested and delivered to the superintendent of the workhouse, to work out any balance unpaid and the costs of the arrest. In case of default and arrest, the bailee is only liable for the amount falling due prior to the arrest.   This  day of  , 20 .     The prisoner, while so bailed, shall be in the hands of the bailee, who may, at any time, surrender and turn over the prisoner to the superintendent of the workhouse and shall be discharged from further liability on the contract; provided, that the bailee shall pay into the county treasury, on receivable warrant of the county mayor, the amount falling due by the terms of the contract prior to the surrender of the prisoner.   The bailee shall have the power to arrest the prisoner in person or through any sheriff or constable anywhere in the state; and the prisoner, when arrested, shall be delivered to the superintendent of the workhouse and shall be compelled to work out such part of the original fine and costs as have not been worked out or paid by the prisoner under the agreement and the costs of the arrest in addition.     If the bailee fails to pay the fine and costs, or costs only, according to the agreement, then the county mayor shall, in the name of the state, for the use of the county, proceed against the bailee and the sureties before any general sessions or circuit court.
TN Code § 41-2-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-127. Release of Prisoners for Occupational, Scholastic or Medical Purposes

  Counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 — 41-2-132.   All other counties of this state are authorized to permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 — 41-2-132.
TN Code § 41-2-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-130. Employment of Prisoners in Another County

  The county board of commissioners, or county legislative body if there is no county board of commissioners, may, by order, authorize the warden, superintendent or other person in charge of the workhouse to whom the prisoner is committed to arrange with another warden, superintendent or other person in charge of a workhouse for the employment of the prisoner in the other's county and, while so employed, to be in the other's custody but in other respects to be and continue subject to the commitment.   In like manner, the county legislative body may authorize the sheriff to so arrange with the sheriff of another county, in the case of jail prisoners, for employment of any such prisoner in the other's county, to be in that sheriff's custody while so employed but in all other respects to be and continue subject to the commitment.
TN Code § 41-2-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-131. Grounds for Refusal to Release Prisoner

 The warden, superintendent or other person in charge of a workhouse may refuse to permit the prisoner to exercise the privilege to leave the workhouse for any breach of discipline or other violation of workhouse regulations. Similarly, the sheriff may refuse to permit the prisoner to exercise the privilege to leave the jail for any breach of discipline or other violation of jail regulations.
TN Code § 41-2-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-132. Contracts With Other Governmental Agencies for Accepting Work Release Prisoners

 The warden, superintendent, prison keeper or other administrative head of a workhouse shall be authorized, with the approval of the local governing body of the county workhouse, to jointly contract with any other governmental agency, whether federal, state, county or municipal, with regard to accepting prisoners in custody of such other governmental agency or agencies for purposes of participation in the work release program under §§ 41-2-127 — 41-2-132. Also, the sheriff may, with the approval of the county legislative body, contract with another unit of government with regard to accepting prisoners in the custody of that government for the purpose of participating in the work release program.
TN Code § 41-2-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-133. Institution of Work Release Programs by Counties — Costs

  All counties in the state, except as provided in subsection (b), may institute a work release program in accordance with this chapter.   This section shall not apply to any county having a population, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, of:  not less than  nor more than   14,400 14,500   19,500 19,600   20,200 20,300   28,000 28,100   30,400 30,500    The state's share of the cost imposed on local governments by the work release program as instituted by this section shall be funded by the increase in state taxes apportioned by law to cities and counties that are not specifically earmarked for a particular purpose.
TN Code § 41-2-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-134. Commission Created to Authorize Work Release

  There is created a commission to authorize prisoners to come under a work release program whenever any person has been committed to the workhouse or similar place of confinement and to approve educational programs established pursuant to § 41-2-145.   The commission, as authorized in this section, is authorized and empowered to permit the defendant to leave the workhouse during approved working hours to work at a place of employment and to earn a living to meet, in whole or in part, the cost of the prisoner's current financial obligations; provided, that the prisoner returns to the workhouse each day after work and that the prisoner is released only for related rehabilitative purposes as recommended by the correctional/rehabilitation work release coordinator.    In any county having a population of not less than eight hundred twenty-five thousand (825,000) nor more than eight hundred thirty thousand (830,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, and in any county having a metropolitan form of government and a population of not less than one hundred thousand (100,000), according to the 1990 federal census or any subsequent federal census, the commission shall be composed of not more than twelve (12) members nor less than three (3) members, who shall meet as three-member panels for the purpose of reviewing and approving applications for work release.   In other counties, the commission shall be composed of three (3) members.   In all counties:  The sheriff or workhouse superintendent shall appoint the members of the commission, subject to the approval of the county legislative body;   Each member shall serve a four-year term; and   A person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.       The commission shall meet weekly or at the call of the sheriff at the sheriff's office.
TN Code § 41-2-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-135. Petition to Come Under the Work Release Program

 A prisoner desiring to come under the work release program shall file a petition with the work release coordinator of the correctional/rehabilitation division. The petition must be joined in by the sheriff and concurred in by the warden of the workhouse and approved by the commission.
TN Code § 41-2-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-136. Grounds for Removal From Program

 Any prisoner placed under the work release program may be taken out of the program for just cause by the commission. In the event a prisoner is taken out of the work release program, the prisoner shall remain in the workhouse and complete the sentence.
TN Code § 41-2-137 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-137. Failure to Return From Work on Time as Evidence of Intent to Escape — Penalty

 In the event a prisoner placed under the work release program does not return to the workhouse at the time specified by the warden or the work release coordinator as a condition of being placed under the work release program, the failure to return shall constitute prima facie evidence of intent to escape and the prisoner shall thereby be subject to those penalties as are imposed or shall hereafter be imposed under the general law of this state for persons charged with the crime of escape.
TN Code § 41-2-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-138. Monthly Report to Sentencing Judge

 The warden of the workhouse shall file a monthly report with respect to each prisoner placed under the work release program with the judge by whom the prisoner was sentenced advising the judge as to the conduct and financial achievement of the prisoner.
TN Code § 41-2-139 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-139. Liability of Participating Prisoners for Program Costs

 Any prisoner placed under the work release program who has been convicted of a misdemeanor shall pay to the workhouse, for housing, board and administration of the program, the sum of not less than six dollars ($6.00) nor more than twenty-eight dollars ($28.00) for each day the prisoner works at employment away from the workhouse, in addition to any fine imposed by the court. The amount to be paid shall be determined by the board of commissioners established by § 41-2-134 and in accordance with § 41-2-129(b)(1).
TN Code § 41-2-140 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-140. Disbursement of Wages — Duty of Warden

 The warden of the workhouse shall be responsible for the receipt and disbursement of all wages earned by a participating prisoner, and the wages shall be received, disbursed and accounted for in the fashion directed by the finance director of a metropolitan government.
TN Code § 41-2-141 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-141. Rules and Regulations Governing Work Release Program

  The sheriff, the correctional/rehabilitation work release coordinator and the warden of the workhouse shall establish rules and regulations for the orderly operation of the work release program. The rules and regulations must be approved by the commission.   A violation of any rules and regulations so promulgated shall constitute cause for the removal of the prisoner from the program under the provisions of § 41-2-136.
TN Code § 41-2-142 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-142. Furlough Program

  All counties in the state having duly adopted a consolidated or metropolitan form of government pursuant to title 7, chapter 1 shall institute a furlough program for workhouse prisoners.   All counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1970 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall institute a furlough program for county jail or workhouse prisoners.
TN Code § 41-2-143 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-143. Conditions for Furlough — Procedure

  Whenever any person has been committed to the county jail or county workhouse, any sheriff or workhouse superintendent of a county with a population of seven hundred thousand (700,000) or more, according to the 1980 federal census or any subsequent federal census, is authorized, in the official's sole discretion, to permit an inmate to leave the place of confinement on furlough under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed and promulgated by the sheriff or workhouse superintendent.   Whenever any person has been committed to the workhouse in a county having a metropolitan form of government, the metropolitan sheriff is authorized, in the sheriff's sole discretion, to permit an inmate to leave the place of confinement on furlough, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed and promulgated by the sheriff.   All furloughs shall be made on an individual basis under reasonable conditions to inmates:  In the event of serious illness or death of a member of the inmate's immediate family;   Who is on the work release program; or   Who has remaining before the inmate's scheduled release date a certain maximum number of days, which maximum number of days shall be fixed by a schedule to be included in the rules and regulations prescribed and promulgated by the sheriff or workhouse superintendent.     Furlough will be for a maximum of three (3) days, unless a longer time is specifically authorized by the sheriff or workhouse superintendent, and shall be granted only to those with a record of behavior and conduct as to be worthy of the privilege.   Any inmate eligible to be granted a furlough by the sheriff, chief jail administrator or workhouse superintendent may make application to that superintendent or sheriff upon forms furnished by the workhouse or sheriff's department. The sheriff or the workhouse superintendent, after due consideration, may approve, reject or modify the request for furlough or may defer action on a request. The request shall be granted only upon notification of the furlough to the committing judge and to law enforcement authorities in the county of the prisoner's former residence.
TN Code § 41-2-144 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates|Chapter 2 - County Workhouses|§ 41-2-144. Inmate Incentive Program

 All counties in the state having duly adopted a consolidated or metropolitan form of government pursuant to title 7, chapter 1, 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 institute an inmate incentive program for workhouse prisoners, as set out in § 41-2-145.