{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-4-103","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-4-103","heading":"Persons confined - Evaluation authorized","body":"(a) In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons: (1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses; (2) Inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal to the penitentiary; (3) Persons committed for contempt or on civil process; (4) Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal cases; (5) Persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense against the United States; (6) Insane persons, pending transfer to a hospital for the insane or other disposition; and (7) All other persons committed to the jail by authority of law. (b) The jailer may perform evaluations of the persons listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) for purposes of classification, management, care, control and cell assignment. Code 1932, § 11980; Acts 1978, ch. 602, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1103.\n(a) In addition to convicts sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail, the jail is used as a prison for the safekeeping or confinement of the following persons: (1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses; (2) Inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal to the penitentiary; (3) Persons committed for contempt or on civil process; (4) Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal cases; (5) Persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense against the United States; (6) Insane persons, pending transfer to a hospital for the insane or other disposition; and (7) All other persons committed to the jail by authority of law.\n(1) Persons committed for trial for public offenses;\n(2) Inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary, until their removal to the penitentiary;\n(3) Persons committed for contempt or on civil process;\n(4) Persons committed on failure to give security for their appearance as witnesses in any criminal cases;\n(5) Persons charged with or convicted of a criminal offense against the United States;\n(6) Insane persons, pending transfer to a hospital for the insane or other disposition; and\n(7) All other persons committed to the jail by authority of law.\n(b) The jailer may perform evaluations of the persons listed in subdivisions (a)(1)-(7) for purposes of classification, management, care, control and cell assignment.\nCode 1932, § 11980; Acts 1978, ch. 602, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1103.","path":["TN Code","Title 41","Chapter 4"],"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":"7442df9c5e9931e42c2ad308d00971d11add198f2966a5b9ae95c57236a0e111","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-4-102","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-41-4-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}