Idaho Code § 20-617

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20-617 LABOR OF PRISONERS ON PUBLIC WORKS.

Official statutory text

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 19-3509, Idaho Code, may be required to perform labor on federal, state or other governmental projects or community service projects.

History:

[(20-617) 1868, p. 90, sec. 1; R.S. & R.C., sec. 8541; am. 1915, ch. 141, p. 298, sec. 1; reen. C.L., sec. 8541; C.S., sec. 9431; am. 1927, ch. 74, sec. 1, p. 93; I.C.A., sec. 20-617; am. 2000, ch. 112, sec. 1, p. 249; am. 2016, ch. 212, sec. 1, p. 597; am. 2019, ch. 305, sec. 10, p. 915.]

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