Section 14-3-53 – Shackles and Chains.
Section 14-3-53 Shackles and chains. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1886, §4656; Code 1896, §4491; Code 1907, §6545; Code 1923, §3641; Code 1940, T. 45, §51.)
Section 14-3-54 – Inquiry Into Management and Treatment of Convicts.
Section 14-3-54 Inquiry into management and treatment of convicts. The Board of Corrections shall have authority to summon, swear and examine witnesses as to any matter concerning the management and treatment of convicts; and the board may administer the oath of office to guards and employees and may administer oaths as to the correctness of […]
Section 14-3-39 – Guards for Female Convicts.
Section 14-3-39 Guards for female convicts. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1896, §4482; Code 1907, §6536; Code 1923, §3632; Code 1940, T. 45, §43.)
Section 14-3-55 – Comments on Prison Management in Presence of Convicts.
Section 14-3-55 Comments on prison management in presence of convicts. No officer or person holding any appointment, the duties of which are discharged in connection with the prison system, must say anything in relation to the management of any prison in the presence of any convict except to direct him in his duty or to […]
Section 14-3-40 – Separation of Convicts – Male and Female.
Section 14-3-40 Separation of convicts – Male and female. It shall be unlawful to chain together or to confine together in the same room or compartment male and female convicts. (Code 1886, §4658; Code 1896, §4493; Code 1907, §6547; Code 1923, §3643; Acts 1931, No. 89, p. 166; Code 1940, T. 45, §52.)
Section 14-3-56 – Commission of Offense During Incarceration – Confinement or Bail.
Section 14-3-56 Commission of offense during incarceration – Confinement or bail. Repealed by Act 2015-70 effective April 21, 2015. (Code 1852, §355; Code 1867, §3903; Code 1876, §4601; Code 1886, §4636; Code 1896, §4519; Code 1907, §6571; Code 1923, §3666; Code 1940, T. 45, §68.)
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 […]