§ 41-4-103 — Persons confined - Evaluation authorized

(a) 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: (1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses; (2) Inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal to the penitentiary; (3) Persons committed for contempt or on civil process; (4) Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal cases; (5) Persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense against the United States; (6) Insane persons, pending transfer to a hospital for the insane or other disposition; and (7) All other persons committed to the jail by authority of law. (b) The jailer may perform evaluations of the persons listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) for purposes of classification, management, care, control and cell assignment.

Legislative History

Code 1932, § 11980; Acts 1978, ch. 602, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1103.