Georgia Code, Title 42, Chapter 5, Article 3 - Conditions of Detention Generally

• § 42-5-50 - Transmittal of Information on Convicted Persons; Place of Detention; Payment for Inmates Not Transferred to the Custody of the Department; Notice in the Event of Convicted Person Free on Bond Pending Appeal
  (a) The clerk of the court shall notify the commissioner of a sentence within 30 working days following the receipt of the sentence and...
• § 42-5-51 - Jurisdiction Over Certain Misdemeanor Offenders; Designation of Place of Confinement of Inmates; Reimbursement of County; Transfer of Inmates to Federal Authority
  (a) The department shall have no authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility with respect to misdemeanor offenders sentenced under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code...
• § 42-5-52 - Classification and Separation of Inmates Generally; Placement of Juvenile Offenders and of Females; Transfer of Mentally Diseased, Alcoholic, Drug Addicted, or Tubercular Inmates
  (a) The department shall provide for the classification and separation of inmates with respect to age, first offenders, habitual criminals and incorrigibles, diseased inmates,...
• § 42-5-52.1 - Submission to Hiv Test; Separate Housing for Hiv Infected Persons
  (a) Any term used in this Code section and defined in Code Section 31-22-9.1 shall have the meaning provided for that term in Code...
• § 42-5-52.2 - Testing of Prison Inmates for Hiv; Consolidation of Inmates Testing Positive
  (a) For purposes of this Code section, "HIV" means HIV as defined by Code Section 31-22-9.1.(b) The department shall implement an HIV testing program...
• § 42-5-53 - Establishment of County Correctional Institutions; Supervision by Department; Quota of Inmates; Funding; Confinement and Withdrawal of Inmates
  (a) Subject to the provisions stated in this Code section, any county may purchase, rent, establish, construct, and maintain a county correctional institution for...
• § 42-5-54 - Information From Inmates Relating to Medical Insurance; Provision and Payment of Medical Treatment for Inmates
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Detention facility" means a county correctional institution, workcamp, or other county detention facility used...
• § 42-5-55 - Deductions From Inmate Accounts for Payment of Certain Damages and Medical Costs; Limit on Deductions; Fee for Managing Inmate Accounts
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Chronic illness" means an illness requiring care and treatment over an extended period of...
• § 42-5-56 - Visitation With Minors by Convicted Sexual Offenders
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "sexual offense" means a violation of Code Section 16-6-1, relating to the offense of rape;...
• § 42-5-57 - Institution of Rehabilitation Programs; Provision of Opportunities for Educational, Religious, and Recreational Activities
  (a) The board, acting alone or in cooperation with the Department of Education, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, or...
• § 42-5-58 - Prohibition Against Corporal Punishment; Use of Handcuffs, Leg Chains, and Other Restraints; Permissible Punishment Generally
  (a) Whipping of inmates and all forms of corporal punishment shall be prohibited. All shackles, manacles, picks, leg irons, and chains shall be barred...
• § 42-5-59 - Employment of Inmates in the Local Community
  (a) The commissioner shall extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate, if there is reasonable cause to believe the inmate...
• § 42-5-60 - Hiring Out of Inmates; Participation of Inmates in Programs of Volunteer Service; Sale of Products Produced by Inmates; Disposition of Proceeds; Payment to Inmates for Services
  (a) (1) The board shall provide rules and regulations governing the hiring out of inmates by any penal institution under its authority to municipalities,...
• § 42-5-60.1 - Utilization of Inmates of County Correctional Institutions for Work on Outdoor Assignments During Inclement Weather; Supervision of Inmates
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term "inclement weather" means weather in which there is rain or in which the temperature is...
• § 42-5-61 - Services and Benefits to Be Furnished Inmates Discharged by Department or County Correctional Institutions
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, whenever an inmate is discharged upon pardon or completion of his sentence or is conditionally...
• § 42-5-62 - Forfeiture of Contraband
  The possession by an inmate on his person or in his cell, immediate sleeping area, locker, or immediate place of work or assignment of...
• § 42-5-63 - Unauthorized Possession of Weapon by Inmate
  (a) Every person confined in a penal institution or confined in any other facility under the jurisdiction of or subject to the authority of...
• § 42-5-64 - Educational Programming
  (a) The commissioner shall maintain an educational program within the state prison system to assist inmates in achieving at least a fifth-grade level on...
• § 42-5-65 - Victim Photographs Prohibited; Exception
  (a) For purposes of this Code section, the term "inmate" means any person confined in a penal institution or confined in another facility under...

Last modified: October 14, 2016