O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 42-5-16 (2019)

Trading with inmates without consent of warden or superintendent

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to trade or traffic with, buy from, or sell any article to an inmate without the knowledge and consent of the warden, superintendent, or the designated representative in charge.

History

Ga. L. 1903, p. 71, § 2; Penal Code 1910,

§ 1233; Code 1933, § 77-405; Ga. L. 1961, p. 45, § 1.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Paid interview with inmate. - Interview with an inmate, for which the inmate is paid, is an illegal transaction unless consummated with the knowledge and approval of the warden or deputy warden in charge of the prisoner. 1969 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 69-299.

Payment for blood collected from inmate. - Hospital may collect blood from an inmate and pay the inmate a fee for the blood with the approval of the appropriate warden or deputy warden. 1969 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 69-21.

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 60 Am. Jur. 2d, Penal and Correctional Institutions, § 104 et seq.

C.J.S. 72 C.J.S., Prisons and Rights of Prisoners, § 72.