Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-2-152

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), a prisoner of a county workhouse or jail who is released from custody on work release or otherwise allowed to leave the grounds of the county workhouse or jail for employment or to perform work in the community, whether the work is paid or unpaid, must use an electronic monitoring device at all times when the prisoner is not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail.

(b) If the prisoner is released for paid employment, then the cost of the electronic monitoring device must be deducted from the prisoner's wages by the sheriff and paid directly to the electronic monitoring device provider by the county or state, as applicable.  If a prisoner is released for unpaid work, then the entity utilizing the prisoner for work shall pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device.

(c) This section does not apply if: