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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 16.21. Duty Of Sheriff As To Prisoners

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Art. 16.21. [265] [313] [301] DUTY OF SHERIFF AS TO 
PRISONERS.  Every sheriff shall keep safely a person committed to 
his custody.  He shall use no cruel or unusual means to secure this 
end, but shall adopt all necessary measures to prevent the escape of 
a prisoner.  He may summon a guard of sufficient number, in case it 
becomes necessary to prevent an escape from jail, or the rescue of a 
prisoner.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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