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2024 CODE OF GEORGIA
Title 42 - PENAL INSTITUTIONS (§§ 42-1-1 — 42-13-2)
Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF STATE AND COUNTIES (§§ 42-5-1 — 42-5-125)
Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 42-5-1 — 42-5-21)
- Section 42-5-1 - Definitions
- Section 42-5-2 - Responsibilities of governmental unit with custody of inmate; costs of emergency and follow-up care; access to medical services or hospital care; hospital requirements for providing emergency health care services to state inmates
- Section 42-5-3 - Department's responsibility for trial costs and expenses
- Section 42-5-4 - Payment of trial costs and expenses
- Section 42-5-5 - Reimbursement of court costs and transportation and detention expenses incurred in trying escapees from state correctional institutions
- Section 42-5-6 - Participation by county correctional institutions in state purchasing contracts
- Section 42-5-7 - Sudden or unusual death of inmate
- Section 42-5-8 - Notification upon escape of inmate
- Section 42-5-9 - Notification of projected release date of inmate
- Section 42-5-10 - Promulgation of rules governing plans and specifications for new correctional institutions; certification of acceptability of old facilities by state fire marshal
- Section 42-5-11 - General prohibition against receipt of remuneration in regard to assignment, transfer, or status of inmate
- Section 42-5-12 - Receipt of remuneration by state officials in regard to assignment, transfer, or status of inmate
- Section 42-5-13 - Record of person contacting commissioner, department, or board on behalf of inmate
- Section 42-5-14 - Establishment of guard lines and signs at state or county correctional institutions
- Section 42-5-15 - Crossing of guard lines with weapons, intoxicants, or drugs without consent of warden or superintendent
- Section 42-5-16 - Trading with inmates without consent of warden or superintendent
- Section 42-5-17 - Loitering near inmates after being ordered to desist
- Section 42-5-18 - Items prohibited for possession by inmates; warden's authorization; penalty; use of unmanned aircraft to accomplish violations
- Section 42-5-19 - Penalty for violating Code Section 42-5-16 or 42-5-17
- Section 42-5-20 - Alcohol or Drug Use Risk Reduction Program
- Section 42-5-21 - Family Violence Counseling Program
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