Same—Separation of prisoners; prisoners may be worked any place in County.
Memphis Charter, art. 43, § 383
in effectSec. 383. - Same—Separation of prisoners; prisoners may be worked any place in County.
Said counties, after making a contract in the manner herein set out, are authorized and empowered to keep the prisoners of said municipalities, and to board, house and guard them, and the said counties shall board, house and guard said cities' prisoners separate from the counties' prisoners, but not necessarily in separate buildings. It will be sufficient compliance with this statute if the said cities' prisoners are boarded, housed and guarded in the same building, but separate and apart from the County prisoners in separate portions of the building for themselves alone. The said counties are authorized and empowered to work said prisoners at any point in said counties inside the corporate limits of said municipalities or not, but no greater degree of labor can be imposed upon said cities' prisoners than could be imposed by the particular municipalities under its existing charter powers.
In the working of the said prisoners by the counties, the said prisoners shall not be worked with the counties' prisoners, but shall be worked separate and apart unto themselves.
(Priv Acts 1913, ch. 243, § 2)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/charter?nodeId=PTICHRELA_ART43PR_S383SAEPPRPRMABEWOANPLCOFetched: 10/28/2026