41-21-310 - Liability for escape en route.
41-21-310. Liability for escape en route.
The inmate, deputy, and guard, in going from and to the penitentiary, and while remaining at the court, are respectively liable for an escape, or attempt to escape, under the provisions of part 4 of this chapter, §§ 39-12-103, 39-13-304, 39-16-201, 39-16-402, 39-16-403, and title 39, chapter 16, part 6, in the same manner as they would have been if the inmate were in the penitentiary under their custody.
[Code 1858, § 5558; Shan., § 7580; Code 1932, § 12178; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-611; Acts 1996, ch. 675, § 41.]