Pennsylvania § 1791 Cost of transporting inmates

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 1791 — Cost of transporting inmates

Pennsylvania § 1791

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 61PRISONS AND PAROLE

PartPART II

Ch. 17COUNTY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

Subch.JOINT INDUSTRIAL FARMS AND WORKHOUSES

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Bluebook

61 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1791 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--The cost of transporting inmates committed to the joint industrial farms and workhouses shall be paid by the counties, respectively, from which the inmates are committed. The sheriff of the county for inmates committed by the court and constables for inmates committed by magisterial district judges shall receive for the inmates committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse no mileage or travel expenses on writs, except the actual cost of transporting the inmates so committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse, together with any other fees for their services allowed by law.

(b)Railroad ticket upon discharge.--When an inmate is discharged from a joint industrial farm and workhouse, the chief administrator thereof shall procure for the inmate a railroad tic

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(a) General rule.--The cost of transporting inmates committed to the joint industrial farms and workhouses shall be paid by the counties, respectively, from which the inmates are committed. The sheriff of the county for inmates committed by the court and constables for inmates committed by magisterial district judges shall receive for the inmates committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse no mileage or travel expenses on writs, except the actual cost of transporting the inmates so committed to the joint industrial farm and workhouse, together with any other fees for their services allowed by law.

(b) Railroad ticket upon discharge.--When an inmate is discharged from a joint industrial farm and workhouse, the chief administrator thereof shall procure for the inmate a railroad ticket to any point to which the inmate may desire to go, not farther from the joint industrial farm and workhouse than the point from which the inmate was sentenced.