41-1-120 - Improvement of penitentiary at Petros. - Tennessee Statutes

41-1-120. Improvement of penitentiary at Petros.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, it is the highest priority that the penitentiary at Petros shall be improved, renovated or rebuilt as necessary to make the institution suitable for use as a time-building institution to house maximum security inmates primarily, and also medium security, or other inmates. The institution shall be named the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and shall be the primary maximum security prison designed to house the highest security risk inmates in the system.

[Acts 1985 (1st E.S.), ch. 5, § 47; T.C.A., § 41-1-121.]