§ 42-5-53. Establishment of County Correctional Institutions; Supervision by Department; Quota of Inmates; Funding; Confinement and Withdrawal of Inmates
Subject to the provisions stated in this Code section, any county may purchase, rent, establish, construct, and maintain a county correctional institution for the care and detention of all inmates assigned to it by the department. The county may contract with other counties relative to the joint care, upkeep, and working of the inmates in […]
§ 42-5-54. Information From Inmates Relating to Medical Insurance; Provision and Payment of Medical Treatment for Inmates
As used in this Code section, the term: “Detention facility” means a county correctional institution, workcamp, or other county detention facility used for the detention of persons convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor. “Inmate” means a person who is detained in a detention facility by reason of being convicted of a felony or a […]
§ 42-5-55. Deductions From Inmate Accounts for Payment of Certain Damages and Medical Costs; Limit on Deductions; Fee for Managing Inmate Accounts
As used in this Code section, the term: “Chronic illness” means an illness requiring care and treatment over an extended period of time. Chronic illness includes, but is not limited to, hypertension, diabetes, pulmonary illness, a seizure disorder, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, cancer, tuberculosis B, hepatitis C, rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disorder, and renal disease. […]
§ 42-5-56. Visitation With Minors by Convicted Sexual Offenders
As used in this Code section, the term “sexual offense” means a violation of Code Section 16-6-1, relating to the offense of rape; Code Section 16-6-2, relating to the offenses of sodomy and aggravated sodomy; Code Section 16-6-5.1, relating to the offense of improper sexual contact by employee or agent, improper sexual contact by a […]
§ 42-5-57. Institution of Rehabilitation Programs; Provision of Opportunities for Educational, Religious, and Recreational Activities
The board, acting alone or in cooperation with the Department of Education, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, or the several state, local, and federal agencies concerned therewith shall be authorized to institute a program of rehabilitation, which may include academic, industrial, mechanical, agricultural, and vocational training, within the confines of […]
§ 42-5-58. Prohibition Against Corporal Punishment; Use of Handcuffs, Leg Chains, and Other Restraints; Permissible Punishment Generally
Whipping of inmates and all forms of corporal punishment shall be prohibited. All shackles, manacles, picks, leg irons, and chains shall be barred from use as punishment by any penal institution operated under authority of the board. In transferring violent or potentially dangerous inmates within an institution or between facilities, handcuffs, leg chains, waist chains, […]
§ 42-5-59. Employment of Inmates in the Local Community
The commissioner shall extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate, if there is reasonable cause to believe the inmate will honor his trust, by authorizing the inmate, under prescribed conditions, to work at paid employment or participate in a training program in the community on a voluntary basis while continuing as […]
§ 42-5-60. Hiring Out of Inmates; Participation of Inmates in Programs of Volunteer Service; Sale of Products Produced by Inmates; Disposition of Proceeds; Payment to Inmates for Services
The board shall provide rules and regulations governing the hiring out of inmates by any penal institution under its authority to municipalities, cities, the Department of Transportation, and any other political subdivision, public authority, public corporation, agency, or state or local government, which entities are authorized by this subsection to contract for and receive the […]
§ 42-5-60.1. Utilization of Inmates of County Correctional Institutions for Work on Outdoor Assignments During Inclement Weather; Supervision of Inmates
As used in this Code section, the term “inclement weather” means weather in which there is rain or in which the temperature is below 28 degrees Fahrenheit. Inmates of a county correctional institution who are otherwise required to work on outdoor assignments shall work on such assignments notwithstanding inclement weather if employees of any governmental […]
§ 42-5-61. Services and Benefits to Be Furnished Inmates Discharged by Department or County Correctional Institutions
Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, whenever an inmate is discharged upon pardon or completion of his sentence or is conditionally released or paroled from any place of detention to which he has been assigned under the authority of the department, the department shall provide the inmate the following: Transportation to the inmate’s […]