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Section 643.29 — Diminution Of Sentence.

643.29 DIMINUTION OF SENTENCE. Subdivision 1. “Good conduct” allowance. Any person sentenced for a term to any county jail, workhouse, or correctional work farm, whether the term is part of an executed sentence or is imposed as a condition of probation, shall, when sentenced to serve ten days or more, diminish the term of the […]

Section 642.06 — County Jail; Use By City Of First Class.

642.06 COUNTY JAIL; USE BY CITY OF FIRST CLASS. Any city of the first class in this state, now or hereafter operating under a home rule charter, and now or hereafter containing a city hall building on land contiguous to the county courthouse and jail grounds, may enter into contract with the county in which […]

Section 642.07 — Chief Of Police; Duties.

642.07 CHIEF OF POLICE; DUTIES. The chief of police shall cause every lockup under the chief’s care, and the bedding therein, to be kept clean, wholesome, and free from vermin. The lockup shall be kept in good repair and maintained so as to protect the health, comfort, safety, and well-being of inmates and staff. Each […]

Section 642.08 — Jailer For Opposite Sex; Compensation, Duties.

642.08 JAILER FOR OPPOSITE SEX; COMPENSATION, DUTIES. The chief executive officer of every city having a lockup shall appoint some competent person of good character and of the sex other than that of the chief of police as a jailer, who shall have exclusive charge of all persons of the jailer’s sex committed thereto, and […]

Section 642.09 — Inspection; Agent Of Community Health Board; Sheriff.

642.09 INSPECTION; AGENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH BOARD; SHERIFF. The agent of a community health board as authorized under section 145A.04 of every city having a lockup shall inspect the same once a year, with reference to its sanitary condition, make a written report thereof to the commissioner of corrections upon blanks furnished by the commissioner, […]

Section 642.10 — Condemnation Of Lockup.

642.10 CONDEMNATION OF LOCKUP. When the commissioner of corrections shall become satisfied, from the report of a local agent of a community health board as authorized under section 145A.04 or sheriff or from the report of any agent the commissioner may appoint and authorize to examine lockups, or from the commissioner’s inspection that any lockup […]

Section 642.11 — Condemnation; How Enforced.

642.11 CONDEMNATION; HOW ENFORCED. If any lockup condemned by the commissioner of corrections shall thereafter be used while the order of condemnation is in force, it shall be the duty of the commissioner to bring an action in the district court in the county where the lockup is, for the purpose of enforcing the order […]

Section 642.12 — Inmates; Liquor And Controlled Substances; Prohibition.

642.12 INMATES; LIQUOR AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; PROHIBITION. No sheriff, jailer, police officer, or other person in charge of any jail or lockup, under any pretense, shall give, sell, or deliver to any prisoner therein any contraband, as defined in section 641.165, subdivision 1, unless a reputable physician certifies in writing that the health of such […]

Section 642.13 — Penalties.

642.13 PENALTIES. Every sheriff, jailer, police officer, or other officer or person in charge of any jail or lockup who shall violate any preceding provision of this chapter shall, for each such violation, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on a second conviction shall be adjudged to be incapable of holding the office of sheriff, […]

Section 643.01 — Transfer Of Prisoners Between Jail And Workhouse.

643.01 TRANSFER OF PRISONERS BETWEEN JAIL AND WORKHOUSE. (a) In any county of this state in which there is now or shall be hereafter maintained by any county or by any city and county, a workhouse, correctional or work farm for the confinement of criminal offenders, and a county jail, any district court judge of […]