§ 41-22-304. Work Day — Amount Credited Against Fines and Costs
Inmates shall be worked on any of the public roads of the county. The same number of hours of labor per day as is required by the public road laws shall constitute a day’s work. An inmate shall be allowed one dollar ($1.00) for each day’s work, which amount shall be credited to the inmate’s […]
§ 41-22-305. Punishment for Refusal to Work
Any inmate refusing to work shall be fed only with one (1) meal per day until willing to render good service as a laborer and proves it by doing good work.
§ 41-22-306. Supervision
Work shall be under the supervision of the guard having instructions from at least two (2) members of the board of employment on what road and places and how the guard shall have the work performed.
§ 41-22-307. Compensation of Guard
The guard shall receive for services not exceeding one dollar ($1.00) per day for each day employed, or an amount not exceeding two dollars ($2.00) per day as the sheriff shall agree to pay. The county mayor, on the order of the county legislative body, shall draw a warrant on the county trustee, who shall […]
§ 41-22-207. Contract With County
The commissioner of correction may, in the commissioner’s discretion, contract with a county for building highways, if that work is being done with state allocated funds. Such a contract shall be made only upon the authority of the governor and upon the approval of the commissioner of transportation, and all work under the contract shall […]
§ 41-22-208. Consideration of Applications
In the event two (2) or more counties make application for inmate labor, the applications shall be considered in the order in which filed with the commissioner of correction; provided, that the commissioner may reject any application if the commissioner determine that the inmates can be used to better advantage.
§ 41-22-209. Rate of Compensation — Payment of Expenses
The rate of compensation for the labor of inmates of the penitentiaries shall be fixed and determined by the commissioner of correction and by the county legislative body entering into the contract and shall be in accordance with rules and regulations to be prescribed by the commissioner; provided, that the rate of compensation shall not […]
§ 41-22-210. Provision of Equipment
The commissioner of correction is authorized to purchase and provide all necessary equipment for the working of prisoners on the county roads, pikes and highways, and the equipment shall be paid out of the correction budget.
§ 41-22-211. Period During Which Road Work May Be Done
Inmate employment and operation in road work may be during the period beginning April 1 and ending December 1, and no inmates of the penitentiaries shall be hired or worked in any county on road work during any other period of the year.
§ 41-22-212. Quarters for Inmates — Prison Rules Applicable
The commissioner shall provide suitable quarters for the inmates employed on the state or county roads and all rules and regulations of the penitentiaries and all the laws applicable to the control, discipline, protection of or escape of inmates from the penitentiaries shall apply to those quarters and to the inmates wherever at work on […]