19-1901. Jail at county seat. There shall be established and kept at every county seat, by authority of the board of county commissioners, at the expense of the county, a jail for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 1; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1901.
19-1903. Sheriff to keep jail; separation of sexes; meals and fuel for prisoners. The sheriff of the county by himself or deputy shall keep the jail, and shall be responsible for the manner in which the same is kept. He shall keep separate rooms for the sexes, except where they are lawfully married. He shall […]
19-1904. Calendar. The sheriff of each county must keep a true and exact calendar of all prisoners committed to the county jail, which calendar must contain the names of all persons who are committed, their place of abode, the time of their commitment, the time of their discharge, the cause of their commitment, the authority […]
19-1905. Copies of calendar for judges. At the opening of each term of the district or criminal court within his county, the sheriff must return a copy of such calendar, under his hand, to the judge of such court; and if any sheriff neglect or refuse so to do, he shall be punished by fine […]
19-1906. Bibles for prisoners; ministers to have access to jail. The sheriff of each county shall provide at the expense of the county for each prisoner under his charge, who may be able and desirous to read a copy of the Bible or New Testament, to be used by such prisoner at proper seasons during […]
19-1907. Intoxicating liquors; penalty. No sheriff, jailer or keeper of any prison shall under any pretense give, sell or deliver to any person committed to prison for any cause whatever any spirituous, vinous or fermented or other intoxicating liquors, unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such prisoner requires it, in […]
19-1908. Same; penalty for others furnishing liquor. If any person other than the persons mentioned in the preceding section shall sell or deliver to any person committed to jail for any cause whatever any liquor prohibited by the preceding section, or shall have in his possession in the precincts of any prison any such liquor, […]
19-1909. Cost of keeping civil prisoner. The cost of keeping a defendant imprisoned by civil process shall be taxed as costs in the action in an amount equal to that provided by the county for maintenance of other county prisoners, and provision shall be made for the maintenance of such prisoners in the same manner […]
19-1910. Cost of keeping prisoner under criminal process; costs paid by the state; reimbursement from prisoner. (a) When a prisoner is committed to a county jail in a criminal action, the board of county commissioners shall allow the sheriff reasonable charges for maintaining such prisoner. (b) (1) If a person is stopped by or is […]
19-1911. Process. When a prisoner is confined by virtue of any process directed to the sheriff, and which shall require to be returned to the court whence it issued, such sheriff shall keep a copy of the same, together with his return made thereon, which copy, duly certified by such sheriff, shall be presumptive evidence […]
19-1912. Preservation of same. All instruments of every kind, or attested copies thereof, by which a prisoner is committed or liberated, shall be regularly endorsed and filed, and safely kept in a suitable box by such sheriff, or by his deputy acting as jailer. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 12; October 31; R.S. 1923, […]
19-1913. Delivery thereof to successor of officers. Such box, with its contents, shall be delivered to the successor of the officers having charge of the prisoner. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § 13; October 31; R.S. 1923, 19-1913.
19-1914. Escape of prisoner confined on civil process; liability of sheriff. If any prisoner confined on civil process shall violently escape from prison without connivance of the jailer, and such prisoner shall be recommitted to the prison whence he escaped within three months after such escape, such a recommitment shall operate to bar any recovery […]
19-1915. Judgment for escape satisfied by recommitment; costs. If judgment in any such action for escape shall have been rendered against the sheriff before the expiration of three months, such recommitment of the prisoner as mentioned in the next preceding section shall operate as a satisfaction of all such judgments, except the costs. History: G.S. […]
19-1916. Prisoner sent to jail of nearest county. Any committing judge of the district court of any county in which there is no sufficient jail may order any person whom they may lawfully order to be committed to prison to be sent to the jail of the county nearest having a sufficient jail; and the […]
19-1917. Fugitives from other states; compensation for custody. Any county jail may be used for the safekeeping of any fugitive from justice from another state or territory, and the jailer shall in such case be entitled to reasonable compensation for the support and custody of such fugitive from justice, to be paid by the officer […]
19-1919. Treatment of prisoners; juvenile prisoners; visits of parents and friends. All prisoners shall be treated with humanity, and in a manner which promotes their reform. Juveniles shall be kept in quarters separate from adult criminals. The visits of parents and friends shall at all reasonable times be permitted. History: G.S. 1868, ch. 53, § […]
19-1923. Jails in certain areas other than county seat; cooperation by city. The county commissioners of any county shall have the power to appropriate any sum out of the county treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of erecting or building in such area other than the county seat of such county, a jail or […]
19-1924. Sale of old jail or jailer’s residence; procedure; construction of new. Whenever any county jail or jailer’s residence, or both, has been condemned as unfit for county jail purposes, or whenever any county has built a new jail or jailer’s residence, and has not disposed of the old one, the board of county commissioners […]
19-1925. Same; appraisement. Before said sale, and to determine the value of said property, the district judge of the district court of said county, upon application in writing of the board of county commissioners, shall appoint three appraisers who, before entering upon the discharge of their duties and within five days after notice of their […]
