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 […]
Section 14-6-2 – Delivery of Jail, etc., Upon Death, etc., of Sheriff.
Section 14-6-2 Delivery of jail, etc., upon death, etc., of sheriff. On the death, resignation, removal from office or expiration of term of office of any sheriff, or of any coroner acting as sheriff, the jail must be delivered over to his successor or to the person authorized by law to take charge of it, […]
Section 14-6-18 – Furnishing of Spirituous, etc., Liquors.
Section 14-6-18 Furnishing of spirituous, etc., liquors. No person confined in jail must, on any pretext whatever, be furnished with or allowed to receive any spirituous, malt or vinous liquors except on the written order of a physician, stating that such liquor is necessary for his health. Any jailer, sheriff, deputy or other person who […]
Section 14-6-3 – Who May Be Confined in County Jail.
Section 14-6-3 Who may be confined in county jail. In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons: (1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses; (2) Convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal […]
Section 14-6-19 – Clothing, Bedding, Medical Attention, and Feminine Hygiene Products.
Section 14-6-19 Clothing, bedding, medical attention, and feminine hygiene products. The sheriff of a county shall provide to prisoners at the expense of the county, all of the following: (1) Necessary clothing and bedding. (2) Necessary medicine and medical attention to those prisoners who are sick or injured, when they are unable to provide them […]