Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-35-315 — Jurisdiction of sentencing court to order work release
Tennessee·Title 40
(a)In any case in which a defendant has been sentenced to a local jail or workhouse or is at a local jail or workhouse subject to § 40-35-212 , and the administrative authority of the institution has not formulated a program for work release, the sentencing court shall have jurisdiction to order work release as a part of a sentence, either at the time of sentencing or as a part of any subsequent sentence modification, upon conditions to be set by the sentencing court. This section shall apply to convictions under § 55-10-401 after the mandatory minimum sentences have been served.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the sentencing court shall not be authorized to order work release as part of the sentence of a person convicted of a sexual offense or violent sexual offense as defined in
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Related
State v. James Clinton Wolford
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 1999)
State v. Kevin DeWayne Steen
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, 2010)
State of Tennessee v. Pervis Tyrone Payne
(Tennessee Supreme Court, 2025)
Legislative History
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 6; 1990, ch. 980, § 27; 2008, ch. 901, § 1.
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