§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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.
§ 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.
§ 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 […]