---
title: O.C.G.A. § 36-9-9. Construction of county jails.
collection: code
id: 36-9-9
cite_as: O.C.G.A. § 36-9-9 (2025)
canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-9-9
md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-9-9.md
text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-9-9/text
source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/joint-features-document-library/t35-t36-ch1-59-(v27)-2025-pdf.pdf?sfvrsn=66569db4_0#page=457
date: 2025
status: active
corpus_version: 2025-supplement-89aa39ab3c68
license: CC0-1.0
publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. Not legal advice.
up: https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-9.md
previous: https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-9-8.md
next: https://georgiacommons.org/code/36-9-10.md
index: https://georgiacommons.org/code/index.md
version: the only printed version
in_force: true
current_through: Including Acts of the 2025 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia
heading_path: LOCAL GOVERNMENT / Provisions Applicable to Counties Only / COUNTY PROPERTY GENERALLY
---

# O.C.G.A. § 36-9-9. Construction of county jails.

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.

## 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.