Ohio Rev. Code § 753.05

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§ 753.05. Employment of prisoners

Official statutory text

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A person sentenced under section 753.04 of the Revised Code shall be received into the workhouse, and shall be kept and confined at labor therein, or if such labor cannot be furnished he may be employed at labor elsewhere when such employment is authorized by ordinance, and shall be subject to the rules, regulations, and discipline thereof until the expiration of his sentence, when he shall be discharged.

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