Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-8-102 (2026)
Purpose of chapter
✓ current as of May 2026
This chapter provides financial incentives to counties to house additional nondangerous felony offenders locally. The purpose of the chapter is to mutually benefit state and county governments by:
- (1) Helping alleviate overcrowding in state correctional facilities and reducing high operation costs; and
- (2) Assisting counties in upgrading local correctional facilities and programs.
Acts 1981, ch. 491, § 2; T.C.A., § 41-10-102.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1983–2023 · leading case: Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 310 S.W.3d 366 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009).
Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am., 310 S.W.3d 366 (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-8-102 (2006). For the reasons set forth previously in this Opinion, we readily find that these facilities likewise are being operated by CCA as the functional equivalent of a governmental agency.”
Nishiyama v. Dickson Cnty., Tenn., 573 F. Supp. 200 (M.D. Tenn. 1983). “Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-8-102. The complaint alleges: (1) Hartman had been convicted of burglary.”
Tardy v. CoreCivic of Tennessee, LLC (W.D. Tenn. 2023). “) Plaintiff alleges that “Hardeman County Correctional Facility is being operated pursuant to [a] contract[] with [a] local governmental entit[y] rather than the State of Tennessee,…pursuant to the County Correctional Incentives Act of 1981,” Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-8-102 . (Id. at…”
Alex Friedmann v. Corr. Corp. of Am. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2009). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-8-102 (2006). For the reasons set forth previously in this Opinion, we readily find that these facilities likewise are being operated by CCA as the functional equivalent of a governmental agency.”
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