41-3-102 - Punishment of prisoners. - Tennessee Statutes

41-3-102. Punishment of prisoners.

(a)  Any prisoner refusing to work, or becoming disorderly, may be confined in solitary confinement and fed on bread and water, or subjected to such other punishment, not inconsistent with humanity, as may be deemed necessary by the commissioners for the government and control of the prisoners.

(b)  Prisoners refusing to work, or while in solitary confinement, shall receive no credit for the time so spent.

[Acts 1891, ch. 123, § 17; Shan., § 7422; Code 1932, § 12000; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-1402.]