Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-120
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Improvement of penitentiary at Petros
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it is the highest priority that the penitentiary at Petros be improved, renovated or rebuilt as necessary to make the institution suitable for use as a time-building institution to house maximum security inmates, primarily, and also medium security or other inmates. The institution shall be named the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and shall be the primary maximum security prison designed to house the highest security risk inmates in the system. Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 5, § 47; T.C.A., § 41-1-121 .
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it is the highest priority that the penitentiary at Petros be improved, renovated or rebuilt as necessary to make the institution suitable for use as a time-building institution to house maximum security inmates, primarily, and also medium security or other inmates. The institution shall be named the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and shall be the primary maximum security prison designed to house the highest security risk inmates in the system.
Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 5, § 47; T.C.A., § 41-1-121 .
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, it is the highest priority that the penitentiary at Petros be improved, renovated or rebuilt as necessary to make the institution suitable for use as a time-building institution to house maximum security inmates, primarily, and also medium security or other inmates. The institution shall be named the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and shall be the primary maximum security prison designed to house the highest security risk inmates in the system.
Acts 1985 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 5, § 47; T.C.A., § 41-1-121 .
Status: in_force
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