The counties, through their county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered to establish, construct and maintain portable, movable or stationary workhouses, as the legislative bodies may, in their discretion and wisdom, deem advisable for the best interest of the county. Prisoners receiving workhouse sentences by the circuit or criminal court of the county shall be […]
Any county not having provided a separate workhouse may, through its county legislative body, declare its jail to be a workhouse, if the jail is, in the opinion of the members of the county legislative body, of sufficient capacity and suitable for the purpose. From and after the declaration the jail shall be known as, […]
It is the duty of the judges of the circuit or criminal courts, whenever prisoners are convicted of any offense for which they are confined in the workhouse, to sentence the prisoners to the workhouse of the county, portable, movable or stationary, as may be provided and established in the county.
When any county has established a separate workhouse, or the jail in any county has been declared a workhouse, the county legislative body of the county shall elect four (4) competent persons, who, in conjunction with the county mayor, shall be known as the board of workhouse commissioners, of which the county mayor shall be, […]
The board of workhouse commissioners shall prescribe the kind of labor at which the prisoners shall be put; provided, that when practicable, they shall be worked on the county roads in preference to all other kinds of labor.
The board of workhouse commissioners shall, at the close of each quarter, at least two (2) days before the meeting of the county legislative body, submit the book kept by the superintendent and the minute book of the board to the county mayor, for settlement and comparison with the audited account kept in the county […]
The board of commissioners shall appoint a superintendent of the workhouse. The superintendent shall be appointed on the first Monday in January of every even-numbered year, and hold office for two (2) years, unless sooner suspended or removed, as provided in § 41-2-104(d). The superintendent shall take an oath, and give bond for the faithful […]
Whenever the jail in any county has been declared a workhouse, as provided in § 41-2-102, the sheriff shall be ex officio the superintendent of the workhouse. All persons liable to imprisonment for safekeeping, whether charged with felonies or misdemeanors, shall be confined in the workhouse, securely kept and properly cared for.
It is the duty of the superintendent to: Discharge each prisoner as soon as the prisoner’s time is out, or upon order of the board of commissioners; See that the prisoners are properly guarded to prevent escape; See that they are kindly and humanely treated, and properly provided with clothing, wholesome food properly cooked and […]
The superintendent shall keep or cause to be kept, in a well-bound book to be furnished by the county, an account of all supplies, implements and tools purchased for the workhouse, keeping the account for supplies separate from implements and tools. The superintendent shall, when a purchase is made, obtain an itemized bill specifying from […]
In all cases where a person is by law liable to be imprisoned in the county jail for punishment or for failure to pay a fine, that person shall be sentenced to be confined, and shall be confined, at hard labor in the county workhouse until the expiration of the sentence of imprisonment or, subject […]
When any person is sentenced to the workhouse, the judge of the court trying the case shall fix the fine in each case against the prisoner at a sum equal to the state and county tax provided by law; provided, that a greater fine may be entered, in the discretion of the court.
In all cases where a person is by law liable to be imprisoned in the county jail for safekeeping or punishment, confinement in the workhouse, if one is provided, may, in the discretion of the court, be substituted. Code 1858, § 5413; Shan., § 7393; Code 1932, § 12006; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, […]
When any inmate is sentenced by the courts to the workhouse, the inmate’s time of sentence to begin after a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary has expired, the judge of the court shall, in the commitment to the penitentiary, cause this fact to appear and shall direct the warden of the penitentiary to notify […]
Where any county has a health officer and jail physician, the person shall attend on all workhouse prisoners while they remain in the jail building after sentence to the workhouse and give them medicine and medical treatment as may be necessary. The health officer and physician shall receive no additional compensation for the services other […]
The state shall pay for the board of state prisoners in accordance with chapter 8 of this title. Within the time requirements of § 41-8-106, the number of prisoners held and bills for the same shall be made out and sworn to by the sheriff or superintendent and certified by the clerk.
Any prisoner refusing to work or becoming disorderly may be confined in solitary confinement, or subjected to such other punishment, not inconsistent with humanity, as may be deemed necessary by the sheriff or superintendent for the control of the prisoners, including reducing sentence credits pursuant to the procedure established in § 41-2-111. Prisoners refusing to […]
Whenever the sheriff or superintendent in charge of the county workhouse or penal farm determines that a prisoner who is convicted and sentenced to the workhouse or penal farm under § 40-23-104, § 40-35-314 or former § 40-35-311 proves to be a troublemaker or does not adjust to the proper type of operation of the […]
Whenever the sheriff or superintendent or other official in charge of the county workhouse or penal farm determines that a prisoner convicted and sentenced to the workhouse or penal farm requires hospitalization for treatment of a mental illness, that official may seek the admission of the prisoner to a state psychiatric hospital under § 33-6-201, […]
All prisoners sentenced to the county workhouse under § 40-23-104 or former § 40-35-311 shall be worked on the county roads under the supervision of the chief administrative officer of the county highway department, when, in the opinion of the chief administrative officer, a sufficient number are available to pay the county for the necessary […]
