§ 42-5-37. Employees in Control of Inmates Prohibited From Receiving Profit From Inmate Labor; Penalties
No warden, superintendent, deputy, inspector, physician, or any officer or other employee who has charge, control, or direction of inmates shall be interested in any manner whatever in the work or profit of the labor of any inmate; nor shall any such personnel receive any pay, gift, gratuity, or favor of a valuable character from […]
§ 42-5-37.1. Compensation of Employees of Institutions Operated by Department for Damages to Wearing Apparel Caused by Inmate Action
As used in this Code section, the term “wearing apparel” means eyeglasses, hearing aids, clothing, and similar items worn on the person of the employee. When action by an inmate in one of the penal institutions operated by the department results in damage to an item of wearing apparel of an employee of the institution, […]
§ 42-5-38. Making False Statement as to Age to Procure Employment
Any person who makes a false statement as to his age in order to procure employment as a correctional officer, warden, superintendent, or other employee shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1908, p. 1119, § 10; Penal Code 1910, § 1193; Code 1933, § 77-9905.
§ 42-5-39. Refusal by Officer to Receive Inmates in Correctional Institution
If the superintendent or warden of a state or county correctional institution or other officer or person employed therein whose duty it is to receive inmates fails or refuses to do so, he shall be punished by confinement not exceeding ten years and shall be dismissed from office. History. Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 807; Code […]
§ 42-5-40. Requiring Inmates to Do Unnecessary Work on Sunday
Any superintendent, warden, or other correctional official who causes any inmate to do any work on Sunday, except works of necessity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History. Ga. L. 1908, p. 1119, § 14; Penal Code 1910, § 420; Code 1933, § 26-6909; Code 1933, § 26-9909, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, […]
§ 42-5-30. Qualifications for Wardens, Superintendents, and Other Personnel; Appointment of Wardens of County Correctional Institutions
The board shall by rule and regulation define the qualifications for wardens, superintendents, and other personnel employed in the state and county correctional institutions. The board shall by rule and regulation specify appropriate titles of personnel so employed, but no such personnel shall be known as or designated by the board as “guards” or “prison […]
§ 42-5-31. Oath of Office of Wardens and Superintendents, Their Deputies, and Other Correctional Officers
Before entering upon the duties of their office, wardens and superintendents, their deputies, and other correctional officers or employees shall take and subscribe, before some officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitutions of the United States of America and the […]
§ 42-5-32. Bonds of Superintendents, Wardens, and Other Officials and Employees
Before any state or county correctional institution or other facility operating under the jurisdiction of the board shall be approved to receive inmates, the board shall require the warden, superintendent, or other chief custodial officer of the institution to execute a bond, in an amount as the board may require, with good securities to be […]
§ 42-5-33. Submission of Monthly Reports to Commissioner by Wardens and Superintendents
The wardens or superintendents of all state or county correctional institutions shall send monthly reports to the commissioner showing the names of all inmates held in custody. History. Ga. L. 1956, p. 161, § 26.
§ 42-5-34. Powers of Arrest of Wardens, Superintendents, and Deputies
Wardens and superintendents shall have authority to deputize any person in their employ. Wardens, superintendents, and their deputies are legally constituted arresting officers, with or without warrants, for the purpose of arresting persons violating Code Sections 42-5-14 through 42-5-18. Any person resisting arrest shall be dealt with as the law directs for resisting an officer. […]