Section 20-627 – UNLAWFUL CONVEYANCE OF ARTICLES INTO AND OUT OF COUNTY JAIL.
20-627. UNLAWFUL CONVEYANCE OF ARTICLES INTO AND OUT OF COUNTY JAIL. Any person who shall deliver or attempt to deliver or shall have in his possession with the intent to deliver, any letter, article or thing, to one confined in a county jail or in any other place or building used or substituted for a […]
Section 20-628 – JAIL DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR FRIVOLOUS OR MALICIOUS COURT PROCEEDINGS.
20-628. JAIL DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR FRIVOLOUS OR MALICIOUS COURT PROCEEDINGS. (1) In any case, whether filed in state, federal or administrative court, in which a prisoner in a county jail submits a frivolous or malicious claim, or knowingly testifies falsely or otherwise knowingly presents false evidence or information to the court, the prisoner may be […]
Section 20-615 – RECEPTION OF FEDERAL PRISONERS.
20-615. RECEPTION OF FEDERAL PRISONERS. The sheriff must receive and keep in the county jail any prisoner committed thereto by process or order issued under the authority of the United States, until he is discharged according to law, as if he had been committed under process issued under the authority of this state; provision being […]
Section 20-616 – SHERIFF ANSWERABLE FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS.
20-616. SHERIFF ANSWERABLE FOR FEDERAL PRISONERS. A sheriff to whose custody a prisoner is committed, as provided in the last section, is answerable for his safe-keeping in the courts of the United States, according to the laws thereof. History: [(20-616) 1863, p. 475, sec. 42; R.S., R.C., & C.L., sec. 8530; C.S., sec. 9420; I.C.A., […]
Section 20-617 – LABOR OF PRISONERS ON PUBLIC WORKS.
20-617. LABOR OF PRISONERS ON PUBLIC WORKS. Persons confined in the county jail under a judgment of conviction, suspended sentence or withheld judgment rendered in any criminal case, either under a judgment of imprisonment or a judgment for the payment of a fine and costs, or persons participating in a diversion program pursuant to section […]
Section 20-618 – JAIL COMMISSARY FUND.
20-618. JAIL COMMISSARY FUND. County jails which provide commissary items to inmates, and collect the costs or a portion of the costs for such items from an inmate with sufficient funds to pay for items, are authorized to create a self-perpetuating commissary fund. The purpose of the commissary fund is to both supply and provide […]
Section 20-619 – FEE FOR MEDICAL SERVICE.
20-619. FEE FOR MEDICAL SERVICE. (1) County sheriff departments administering county jails may charge a nominal fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to any nonindigent inmate who has sufficient funds in his commissary or personal account for the purpose of seeing the jail provided doctor or nurse for a medical complaint. In the event that an […]
Section 20-620 – NO PRISONER EXEMPT FROM LABOR.
20-620. NO PRISONER EXEMPT FROM LABOR. No prisoner liable to employment as provided in this chapter shall be exempt therefrom except by reason of physical disability. History: [(20-620) 1895, p. 100, sec. 4; reen. 1899, p. 253, sec. 4; reen. R.C., sec. 8542d; compiled and reen. C.L., sec. 8542d; C.S., sec. 9435; I.C.A., sec. 20-620.]
Section 20-621 – COMMUTATION FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR.
20-621. COMMUTATION FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR. Every person serving a jail sentence in a county jail in the state of Idaho who has a good record as a prisoner and who performs the tasks assigned him in an orderly and peaceable manner, shall upon the recommendation of the sheriff be allowed five (5) days off of […]
Section 20-622 – INSPECTION OF JAIL BY COMMISSIONERS.
20-622. INSPECTION OF JAIL BY COMMISSIONERS. The county commissioners must inspect the county jail, and once every three (3) months inquire into the state thereof as respects the security thereof, treatment and condition of the prisoners, and take all necessary precaution against escape, sickness or infection. History: [(20-622) 1863, p. 596, sec. 2; R.S., R.C., […]