Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-22-202

(a) The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and directed to purchase equipment, such as tools, road working machinery and motor trucks for the speedy transfer of the inmates from one point to another, that may become necessary in the judgment of the commissioner to effectually and economically carry out §§ 41-22-201 -- 41-22-204.

(b) The commissioner is further authorized and directed to build temporary stockades in which to safely keep and house the prisoners working under the provisions of §§ 41-22-201 -- 41-22-204 and to make such rules and regulations regarding their well being and safekeeping as in the commissioner's opinion are necessary.