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title: O.C.G.A. § 42-10-5. Responsibility for custodial care of inmates utilized by administration.
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# O.C.G.A. § 42-10-5. Responsibility for custodial care of inmates utilized by administration.

The Department of Corrections shall have responsibility for the custodial care of all inmates utilized by the administration; and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to the contrary.

## History

Ga. L. 1960, p. 880, § 5; Ga. L. 1985, p. 283, § 1.