Tenn. Code § 41-6-201

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069

Section 41-6-201 - Purpose

It is the purpose of this part to:

(1) Authorize the commissioner of correction to establish demonstration-type projects involving inmate labor and private industry to be known as Tennessee restitution industries;

(2) Authorize the commissioner to contract with private industry to lease state land, improvements and facilities at adult correction institutions for the establishment of restitution industries;

(3) Provide for the employment of the inmates of the institution by private industries and the term of employment; and

(4) Designate the uses to be made of deductions from wages earned by inmate employees.

T.C.A. § 41-6-201

Acts 1977, ch. 151, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-2401.