Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-4-143 (2026)
Report on prisoners escaping from work details
✓ current as of May 2026
The sheriff shall within thirty (30) days report to the county legislative body and to the department of correction the name of any prisoner who escapes while serving on a work detail and shall indicate whether the work detail on which the prisoner was serving was supervised or unsupervised.
Acts 1986, ch. 744, § 27; T.C.A. § 41-8-117.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2014–2014 · leading case: Amos v. McNairy Cnty., 997 F. Supp. 2d 889 (W.D. Tenn. 2014).
Amos v. McNairy Cnty., 997 F. Supp. 2d 889 (W.D. Tenn. 2014). “The letters’ references to § 41-4-143 appear to be in error. The cited section reads: "The sheriff shall within thirty (30) days report to the county legislative body and to the department of correction the name of any prisoner who escapes while serving on a work detail and…”
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