§ 7-3-212 — Confinement in jail for safekeeping; expenses

The officer or person executing the governor's warrant of
arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner
may have been delivered, may, when necessary, confine the
prisoner in the jail of any county or city en route to his
destination. The keeper of the jail shall receive and safely
keep the prisoner until the person having charge of him is ready
to proceed on his route. The person having charge of the
prisoner is chargeable with the expense of keeping him in jail.