Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-127
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Release of prisoners for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes
Official statutory text
(a) Counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 - 41-2-132. (b) All other counties of this state are authorized to permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 - 41-2-132. Acts 1967, ch. 259, § 1; 1972, ch. 626, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-1237.
(a) Counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 - 41-2-132.
(b) All other counties of this state are authorized to permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 - 41-2-132.
Acts 1967, ch. 259, § 1; 1972, ch. 626, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-1237.
(a) Counties having a population of six hundred thousand (600,000) or more, according to the 1960 federal census or any subsequent federal census, shall permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 - 41-2-132.
(b) All other counties of this state are authorized to permit certain prisoners to leave the workhouse or jail during reasonable and necessary hours for occupational, scholastic or medical purposes as provided in §§ 41-2-127 - 41-2-132.
Acts 1967, ch. 259, § 1; 1972, ch. 626, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-1237.
Status: in_force
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