Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-403 (2026)
Classification system
✓ current as of May 2026
A sound classification system is necessary for an efficient and manageable correctional system. Because of its importance, the general assembly declares the following policy:
- (1) The classification system shall provide a meaningful case evaluation of each inmate prior to permanent placement and a continuing review and reclassification process throughout the inmate's period of incarceration;
- (2) The commissioner of correction has the discretion to determine the institutional location of inmates within the various security classifications; and
- (3) All information compiled by the department pertaining to an inmate shall be readily available to the entity having authority for the inmate's release.
Acts 1983, ch. 467, § 3.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2002–2020 · leading case: James Clark v. Jim Rose, No. W2002-01245-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2002).
James Clark v. Jim Rose, No. W2002-01245-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Ct. App. Oct. 31, 2002). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-403 (1) (2000). Appellant’s complaint does not allege that he has been denied such continuing review, only that the review was not done in accordance with internal procedures.”
State of Tennessee v. Kenneth Lloyd Hill, No. M2019-00032-CCA-R3-CD (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 15, 2020). “” Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-403 . Therefore, we agree with the State that while the trial court may have made a recommendation that the Appellant serve his sentence in a special needs prison, the trial court did not have the authority to order that he do so.”
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