{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-21-401","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-21-401","heading":"Defense against violence or attempt to escape","body":"When personal violence is offered by a inmate to an officer, employee or to another inmate, or when an attempt is made to escape, or to do injury to the building, or any material, implements, etc., those officers and employees are authorized to use all necessary means of defense and to secure the person of the offender.","path":["TN Code","Title 41","Chapter 21"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"775ed48c53f840492e8bd78c961116052453abf56792d5d5e4d3cdff4778bb41","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-21-310","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-21-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}