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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 162-58 (2026)

Counties may work prisoners

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The board of commissioners of the several counties may enact by resolution all necessary rules and regulations for work on projects to benefit units of State or local government by persons convicted of misdemeanors or felonies and imprisoned in the local confinement facilities or satellite jail/work release units of their respective counties. The sheriff shall approve rules and regulations enacted by the board. Prisoners working under this section shall be supervised by county employees or by the sheriff. The rules enacted by the board of county commissioners and approved by the sheriff shall specify a procedure for ensuring that county employees supervising prisoners pursuant to this section be provided with notice that the persons placed under their supervision are inmates from a local confinement facility or a satellite jail/work release unit. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 841, s. 1; 2002-159, s. 54.)

 

§ 162-59.  Person having custody to approve prisoners for work.

No prisoner shall perform work pursuant to G.S. 162-58 unless the prisoner has been approved for the work by the person having custody of the prisoner. The decision to approve a prisoner for work shall be based on the prisoner's history of violence, if any, past criminal convictions, and current sentence. For purposes of this section, the person having custody of the prisoner is the sheriff, except that when the prisoner is confined in a district confinement facility the person having custody of the prisoner is the jail administrator. The person having custody of the prisoner may use his discretion to revoke his approval at any time and to return the prisoner to the local confinement facility or satellite jail/work release unit. Neither the person having custody of the prisoner nor any jailer may be held liable for the actions of any prisoner, including those actions committed during and after the escape of a prisoner, while the prisoner is outside their supervision pursuant to this section. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 841, s. 1.)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1992–2002 · leading case: Parker v. Union Camp Corp., 422 S.E.2d 585 (N.C. Ct. App. 1992).
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Parker v. Union Camp Corp., 422 S.E.2d 585 (N.C. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 8× “Bill 1073 (to be codified at N.C.G.S. §§ 162-58 to 162-61, and 14-255).”
Harris v. Thompson Contractors, Inc., 558 S.E.2d 894 (N.C. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 2× “G.S. § 162-58. The General Statutes provide for the liability of counties that work prisoners.”
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