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

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c), beginning January 1, 2024, 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) The entity employing the prisoner or utilizing the prisoner for work shall pay the costs of the electronic monitoring device required pursuant to subsection (a).

(c) This section does not apply if the prisoner, at all times while not on the grounds of the county workhouse or jail:

(1) Is supervised by an armed law enforcement or corrections officer; and

(2) Remains in the direct eyesight of an armed law enforcement or corrections officer.

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