§ 162-60 – Reduction in sentence allowed for work, education, and other programs[Effective until January 1, 2023]
162-60. Reduction in sentence allowed for work, education, and other programs. [Effective until January 1, 2023] (a) A prisoner who has faithfully performed the duties assigned to the prisoner under G.S. 162-58 is entitled to a reduction in the prisoner’s sentence of four days for each 30 days of work performed. (b) A prisoner who […]
§ 162-61 – Liability of county.
162-61. Liability of county. The county working prisoners pursuant to G.S. 162-58 shall remain liable for emergency medical services for those prisoners pursuant to G.S. 153A-224 while the prisoners are working. The county working the prisoners shall be liable to third parties for injuries incurred by the third parties through the negligence of the working […]
§ 162-62 – Legal status of prisoners.
162-62. Legal status of prisoners. (a) When any person charged with a felony or an impaired driving offense is confined for any period in a county jail, local confinement facility, district confinement facility, or satellite jail/work release unit, the administrator or other person in charge of the facility shall attempt to determine if the prisoner […]
§ 162-50 – Penalties.
162-50. Penalties. Upon a finding that the sheriff, personally or through his lawful deputies, has willfully failed or neglected to perform any duty imposed by this Chapter, or has made any false return, he shall be subject to damages of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and such damages recovered shall be paid to […]
§ 162-55 – Injury to prisoner by jailer.
162-55. Injury to prisoner by jailer. If the keeper of a jail shall do, or cause to be done, any wrong or injury to the prisoners committed to his custody, contrary to law, he shall not only pay treble damages to the person injured, but shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1795, c. […]
§ 162-56 – Place of confinement.
162-56. Place of confinement. Persons committed to the custody of a sheriff shall be confined in the facilities designated by law for such confinement, and shall not be confined in any other place. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit or limit the authority of a sheriff to house prisoners committed to his custody in […]
§ 162-57 – Record to be kept; items of record.
162-57. Record to be kept; items of record. The superintendent or other person having charge of prisoners shall keep a record showing, the name, age, date of sentence, length of sentence, crime for which convicted, home address, next of kin, and the conduct of each prisoner received. (1927, c. 178, s. 2; 1983, c. 631, […]
§ 162-58 – Counties may work prisoners.
162-58. Counties may work prisoners. The board of commissioners of the several counties may enact by resolution all necessary rules and regulations for work on projects to benefit units of State or local government by persons convicted of misdemeanors or felonies and imprisoned in the local confinement facilities or satellite jail/work release units of their […]
§ 162-59 – Person having custody to approve prisoners for work.
162-59. Person having custody to approve prisoners for work. No prisoner shall perform work pursuant to G.S. 162-58 unless the prisoner has been approved for the work by the person having custody of the prisoner. The decision to approve a prisoner for work shall be based on the prisoner’s history of violence, if any, past […]
§ 162-59.1 – Person having custody to approve prisoners for participation in education and other programs.
162-59.1. Person having custody to approve prisoners for participation in education and other programs. The person having custody of a prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor offense may approve that prisoner’s participation in an adult high school equivalency diploma program or in any other education, rehabilitation, or training program. The person having custody of the prisoner […]