41-22-202 - Purchase of necessary equipment Temporary stockades Rules and regulations.
41-22-202. Purchase of necessary equipment Temporary stockades Rules and regulations.
(a) The commissioner of correction, with the approval of the governor, is authorized and directed to purchase all such equipment, such as tools, road working machinery, and motor trucks for the speedy transfer of the inmates from one (1) point to another, as may become necessary in the judgment of the commissioner to effectually and economically carry out the provisions of §§ 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.
[Acts 1981, ch. 378, § 1; T.C.A., § 41-502.]