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41-21-404 - Unauthorized means of punishment.

41-21-404. Unauthorized means of punishment.

No inmate shall be punished in any other way than is provided in this title, except by the authority of the commissioner of correction.

[Code 1858, § 5520; impl. am. Acts 1895 (E.S.), ch. 7, § 21; impl. am. Acts 1897, ch. 125, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1915, ch. 20, § 9; Shan., § 7539; impl. am. Acts 1919, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; impl. am. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 42; Code 1932, § 12138; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-721.]