2014 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
Chapter 3 - Municipal Correctional Houses
§ 41-3-107 - Public service for municipal offenders -- Immunity from liability.
(a) Municipal offenders confined or subject to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse under applicable law may be sentenced by the court to perform public service work for the municipality.
(b) The municipality and its officers and employees shall not be liable for any injury sustained by the offender while the offender is on a public service work detail if the municipality exercised due care in the supervision of the offender.
(c) The municipality and its officers and employees shall not be liable to any person for the acts of any offender while the offender is on a public service work detail if the municipality exercised due care in the supervision of the offender.
(d) The municipality and its officers and employees shall not be liable to any offender or the offender's family for death or injuries received while the offender is on a public service work detail if the municipality exercised due care in the supervision of the offender.
(e) The authority and protection from liability provided by this section are supplemental and in addition to the authority and protection provided in other laws.
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