2014 Tennessee Code
Title 41 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates
Chapter 51 - Correctional Institutions and Inmates -- General Provisions
§ 41-51-104 - Prohibition against trusty status for sexual offenders.
(a) No person who has been convicted of an offense that will require the person to register as a sexual offender pursuant to the provisions of title 40, chapter 39, part 2, and who is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse, shall be eligible for, nor shall such person be placed on, trusty status.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) are applicable regardless of whether the person is:
(1) Sentenced to the department of correction but is serving the sentence in a county or municipal jail or workhouse pursuant to contract or is sentenced to confinement in a county or municipal jail or workhouse; or
(2) Sentenced to the department of correction but is being housed in a county or municipal jail or workhouse while awaiting transfer to the department.
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