Section 14-3-6 – Official Correspondence and Public Documents.
Section 14-3-6 Official correspondence and public documents. Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(25), effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1852, §309; Code 1867, §3857; Code 1876, §4555; Code 1886, §4567; Code 1896, §4445; Code 1907, §6497; Code 1923, §3596; Code 1940, T. 45, §16.)
Section 14-3-7 – Record of Convicts and Other Books.
Section 14-3-7 Record of convicts and other books. Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(25), effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1886, §4568; Code 1896, §4446; Code 1907, §6498; Code 1923, §3597; Code 1940, T. 45, §17.)
Section 14-3-8 – Sentence Card to Be Furnished Each Convict.
Section 14-3-8 Sentence card to be furnished each convict. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1886, §4565; Code 1896, §4443; Code 1907, §6495; Code 1923, §3594; Code 1940, T. 45, §15.)
Section 14-3-9 – Reporting of Violations of Law; Investigation and Inspection Division; Where Violations Tried; Full Police Powers for Correctional Investigative Services Officers; Minimum Standards.
Section 14-3-9 Reporting of violations of law; investigation and inspection division; where violations tried; full police powers for correctional investigative services officers; minimum standards. (a) It shall be the duty of all employees of the Department of Corrections to report all violations of the law relating to prisons, correctional facilities, and employees and inmates of […]
Section 14-3-11 – Transmission of Reports to Legislature.
Section 14-3-11 Transmission of reports to Legislature. Repealed by Act 2015-70, §1(26), effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1886, §4574; Code 1896, §4450; Code 1907, §6502; Code 1923, §3601; Code 1940, T. 45, §20.)
Section 14-3-12 – Appointment of Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains.
Section 14-3-12 Appointment of chaplains and assistant chaplains. Chaplains shall be appointed by the Board of Corrections, which chaplains shall in turn appoint assistant chaplains with the approval of the board. The chaplains shall devote their entire time to moral improvement and religious instruction of the convicts. The term of office shall be at the […]
Section 14-3-13 – Correctional Officers – Oath of Office.
Section 14-3-13 Correctional officers – Oath of office. Every correctional officer, before performing the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe before an officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath: “I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United […]
Section 14-3-14 – Officers and Guards – Powers of Policemen.
Section 14-3-14 Officers and guards – Powers of policemen. Every officer and guard at any prison has the power of a policeman and may arrest any person who intrudes upon the premises or makes a disturbance near the prison and take him before any magistrate of the county, by whom he may be fined $10 […]
Section 14-3-15 – Officers and Guards – Pursuit and Arrest of Escaped Convicts.
Section 14-3-15 Officers and guards – Pursuit and arrest of escaped convicts. Every officer and guard, regularly sworn, shall have power to pursue and arrest any escaped convict in any county of this state without a warrant. He may use such force or means as may be required under the circumstances to prevent the convict’s […]
Section 14-3-16 – Penalty for Violation of Chapter.
Section 14-3-16 Penalty for violation of chapter. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $500 and may also be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for a term not […]