§ 12-42-102 - Penalties.
12-42-102. Penalties.
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation, and any county judge or mayor of any city or incorporated town who works any prisoner or enters into a contract to lease and work any prisoner convicted of a misdemeanor, when the punishment is fixed by fine or imprisonment in any county or city jail in violation of the provisions of this section or 12-42-104 -- 12-42-107, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) Upon conviction, he or she shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) and may be imprisoned not exceeding ninety (90) days.