O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-10-5 (2019)

Responsibility for custodial care of inmates utilized by administration

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The Department of Corrections shall have responsibility for the custodial care of all inmates utilized by the administration; and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to the contrary.

History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 880, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1.

CHAPTER 11 INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT Sec.

Short title. Enactment and text of compact.

Sec.

Powers and duties of Department of Corrections to carry out compact.