Section 14-6-22 – Misdemeanant Required to Pay Costs of Incarceration; Remission of Costs; Amount and Method of Payment; Payment of Costs as Condition of Probation, etc., Authorized; Procedure Upon Default; Disposition of Costs.
Section 14-6-22 Misdemeanant required to pay costs of incarceration; remission of costs; amount and method of payment; payment of costs as condition of probation, etc., authorized; procedure upon default; disposition of costs. (a)(1) A court shall require a convicted defendant in a misdemeanor case to pay housing, maintenance and medical costs associated with the defendant’s […]
Section 14-6-10 – Removal of Prisoners – Use of Guards.
Section 14-6-10 Removal of prisoners – Use of guards. (a) When it becomes necessary to remove any prisoner from the jail of one county to another, in any case by law provided, the sheriff, or other officer having charge of such prisoner, has authority, and it is his duty, to summon such guards as may […]
Section 14-6-11 – Summoning of Guards to Prevent Escape.
Section 14-6-11 Summoning of guards to prevent escape. When the county jail is insecure or insufficient and there is reason to apprehend an escape, the sheriff has authority, and it is his duty, to summon as many guards as may be necessary to prevent an escape. (Code 1852, §251; Code 1867, §3799; Code 1876, §4499; […]
Section 14-6-12 – Commencement of Imprisonment on Second or Subsequent Conviction.
Section 14-6-12 Commencement of imprisonment on second or subsequent conviction. When a convict is sentenced to confinement in the county jail on two or more convictions, the imprisonment on the second, and on each subsequent conviction, must commence at the termination of the imprisonment on the preceding sentence. (Code 1852, §247; Code 1867, §3795; Code […]
Section 14-6-13 – Separation of Men and Women.
Section 14-6-13 Separation of men and women. Men and women prisoners, except husband and wife, must not be kept in the same room or apartment. (Acts 1911, No. 303, p. 356; Code 1923, §4856; Code 1940, T. 45, §122.)
Section 14-6-14 – Duty of Sheriff to Furnish List of Confined Prisoners to Circuit Court.
Section 14-6-14 Duty of sheriff to furnish list of confined prisoners to circuit court. It is the duty of the sheriff, on the first day of each session of the circuit court of his county, to make out and deliver to the presiding judge a certified list of the names of all the prisoners confined […]
Section 14-6-15 – Commitment or Discharge of Prisoners – Duty of Sheriff to Report to Clerk of Circuit Court.
Section 14-6-15 Commitment or discharge of prisoners – Duty of sheriff to report to clerk of circuit court. When a prisoner is committed to the county jail, it is the duty of the sheriff of such county, in person or by deputy, to report in writing to the clerk of the circuit court of such […]
Section 14-6-16 – Commitment or Discharge of Prisoners – Duty to File Process or Order.
Section 14-6-16 Commitment or discharge of prisoners – Duty to file process or order. It is the duty of the sheriff or of the jailer under his direction to file in regular order and safely preserve the process or order by which any prisoner is committed to jail or discharged therefrom or an attested copy […]
Section 14-6-1 – Legal Custody and Charge of Jails and Prisoners; Appointment of Jailer.
Section 14-6-1 Legal custody and charge of jails and prisoners; appointment of jailer. The sheriff has the legal custody and charge of the jail in his or her county and all prisoners committed thereto, except in cases otherwise provided by law. The sheriff may employ persons to carry out his or her duty to operate […]
Section 14-6-17 – Furnishing of Support to Prisoners.
Section 14-6-17 Furnishing of support to prisoners. Any person committed to jail may furnish his own support, under such precautions as may be adopted by the jailer to prevent escapes. The sheriff must furnish support to those prisoners who do not provide it for themselves. (Code 1852, §242; Code 1867, §3790; Code 1876, §4492; Code […]