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 Repealed by Act 2015-70.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.)
Section 14-3-2 – State Lands – Sale and Purchase; Appropriations for Purchase.
Section 14-3-2 State lands – Sale and purchase; appropriations for purchase. (a) The Board of Corrections may sell any, or all, of the lands now used by the state in working convicts for cash or on credit, as may seem best, and purchase lands superior in quality to be used by the board in working […]