Tennessee Code Title 41. Correctional Institutions and Inmates § 41-4-116

(1) Visit and examine the county jail at least once each month;

(2) Make rules and regulations for the preservation of the health and decorum of the prisoners;

(3) Decide all disputes between the jailer and the prisoners;

(4) Provide for the restraint, by ironing or segregation of prisoners who offer violence to fellow prisoners or to the jailer or the jailer's assistants, or for attempting to break jail; and

(5) Make a report, at each meeting of the county legislative body, of the state and condition of the prisoners and the jail.