§ 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 […]
§ 41-22-213. Superintendents and Guards
The commissioner is authorized to employ and designate a person or persons as quarters and road superintendents and to employ as many guards as necessary in working inmates on the county roads, pikes, highways or railroads.
§ 41-22-128. Restrictions on Release Program Facilities Near Schools, Orphanages, Child Care Centers, or Similar Establishments
There shall be no community residential facilities that accommodate state or federal adult inmates who are on work release or other community release or prerelease programs established within one thousand feet (1,000′) of a public or private school, orphanage, child care center, or any similar establishment where groups of children from nursery age to grade […]
§ 41-22-129. Substandard Housing Renovation
The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements with county, city or municipal governments for the purpose of renovating substandard housing of persons determined by the department of human services to be of low income. Any county, city or municipality desiring the use of inmates to […]
§ 41-22-130. Inmate Labor
Subject to the conditions set out in subsection (b), the commissioner of correction is authorized to utilize inmate labor to construct, renovate or repair prison facilities, including time-building institutions, classification centers, alternative incarceration units and other buildings used for the housing or care of inmates. Prior to using inmate labor for the purposes set out […]
§ 41-22-201. Road Work Authorized
The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized to contract with the commissioner of transportation for the use of any or all inmates, except those for which it is undesirable or impracticable in the opinion of those officials, to work outside the walls of the main prison in constructing any new […]
§ 41-22-202. Purchase of Necessary Equipment — Temporary Stockades — Rules and Regulations
The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and directed to purchase equipment, such as tools, road working machinery and motor trucks for the speedy transfer of the inmates from one point to another, that may become necessary in the judgment of the commissioner to effectually and economically carry out §§ […]
§ 41-22-203. Interdepartmental Compensation
The commissioner of transportation shall pay the commissioner of correction for the use of inmates employed under §§ 41-22-201 — 41-22-204 out of the highway fund or any other fund under the commissioner of transportation’s control. The commissioner of correction shall in turn, except as provided in this part, pay the moneys so received into […]