41-1-603 - Designation of judicial districts Maximum number of inmates. - Tennessee Statutes

41-1-603. Designation of judicial districts Maximum number of inmates.

(a)  The commissioner of correction may designate the judicial district or districts from which each regional workhouse may accept commitments.

(b)  The commissioner may further determine the number of inmates each institution may adequately house and may prorate the number among those judicial districts served by the institution. This prorated number shall be the maximum number of inmates committed from a given judicial district which may, without the commissioner's express approval, be housed in the institution at any one (1) time.

[Acts 1989, ch. 484, § 3; T.C.A. § 41-1-703.]