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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 […]

Section 14-3-1 – Duties of Board of Corrections Generally.

Section 14-3-1 Duties of Board of Corrections generally. Repealed by Act 2015-70. §1(24), effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1886, §§4557, 4573; Code 1896, §§4432, 4439; Code 1907, §§6480, 6491; Acts 1923, No. 475, p. 629; Code 1923, §§3585, 3591; Code 1940, T. 45, §§11, 14.)