§ 42-5-64. Educational Programming
The commissioner shall maintain an educational program within the state prison system to assist inmates in achieving at least a fifth-grade level on standardized reading tests. Inmates who test below the fifth-grade level and who have been sentenced to incarceration for a period of one year or longer shall be required by institutional staff to […]
§ 42-5-52. Classification and Separation of Inmates Generally; Placement of Juvenile Offenders and of Females; Transfer of Mentally Diseased, Alcoholic, Drug Addicted, or Tubercular Inmates
The department shall provide for the classification and separation of inmates with respect to age, first offenders, habitual criminals and incorrigibles, diseased inmates, mentally diseased inmates, and those having contagious, infectious, and incurable diseases. Incorrigible inmates in county correctional institutions shall be returned to the department at the request of the proper county authority. The […]
§ 42-5-65. Victim Photographs Prohibited; Exception
For purposes of this Code section, the term “inmate” means any person confined in a penal institution or confined in another facility under the jurisdiction of or subject to the authority of the board or while under the custody of officials, officers, or employees under the authority of the board. An inmate who is serving […]
§ 42-5-52.1. Submission to Hiv Test; Separate Housing for Hiv Infected Persons
Any term used in this Code section and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for that term in Code Section 31-22-9.1. Where any person is committed to the custody of the commissioner to serve time in any penal institution of this state on and after July 1, 1988, the department shall […]
§ 42-5-80. Authorization and General Procedure for Granting Special Leave
Whenever recommended by the warden or superintendent of any penal institution in which inmates committed to the custody of the commissioner have been assigned, the commissioner may grant special leave to an inmate to leave the institution in which he is incarcerated for participation in special community or other meritorious programs or activities deemed beneficial […]
§ 42-5-52.2. Testing of Prison Inmates for Hiv; Consolidation of Inmates Testing Positive
For purposes of this Code section, “HIV” means HIV as defined by Code Section 31-22-9.1. The department shall implement an HIV testing program whereby any state inmate who has been in the custody of a state penal institution for one year or longer and who has not previously tested positive for HIV shall be tested […]
§ 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. […]
§ 42-5-35. Conferral of Police Powers; Authorization to Assist Local Law Enforcement Officers or Correctional Officers; Retention of Badge
The commissioner may confer all powers of a police officer of this state, including, but not limited to, the power to make summary arrests for violations of any of the criminal laws of this state and the power to carry weapons, upon wardens of county correctional institutions and upon persons in the commissioner’s employment as […]