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Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-24-116 (2026)

Escape from private prison or facility

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Section 39-16-606 shall apply to the appropriate official of a prison or facility operated by a private prison contractor when any inmate housed in the prison or facility escapes from the private contractor prison or facility.

Acts 1998, ch. 829, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2001–2001 · leading case: State of Tennessee v. Anthony Wayne Lankford & Christopher Arthur McKeon, 51 S.W.3d 212 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001).
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State of Tennessee v. Anthony Wayne Lankford & Christopher Arthur McKeon, 51 S.W.3d 212 (Tenn. Crim. App. 2001). · cites it 4× “Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-24-116 (1997). There is nothing in the escape statute to support treating out-of-state prisoners housed in private prison facilities differently from in-state prisoners housed in similar facilities.”
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