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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 36. LOCAL GOVERNMENT · Chapter 9. COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY

36-9-9. Construction of county jails.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

  1. The county jails hereafter constructed shall be of sufficient size and strength to contain and keep securely the prisoners who may be confined therein and shall contain at least two apartments, one for males and one for females, which are properly ventilated so as to secure the health of those confined therein.

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 473; Code 1868, § 535; Code 1873, § 501; Code 1882, § 501; Civil Code 1895, § 355; Civil Code 1910, § 404; Code 1933, § 91-706.

Cross references

Jails generally, § 42-4-1 et seq. State and county correctional institutions generally, § 42-5-1 et seq.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia.

Text read from t35-t36-ch1-59-(v27)-2025-pdf.pdf, Volume V27, 2025 edition, pages 457 to 458; merge action: bound only; file SHA-256 6c7b6bcea397.