Modoc County Municipal Code Ch. 4.28 Working Prisoners

A. Any or all male or female prisoners confined in the County Jail under judgment of conviction of misdemeanors, or as probationers, may be compelled to labor upon the public works, public grounds, roads, streets, alleys, highways or public buildings, or in such other places as may be deemed advisable in the county, for the benefit of the county; provided, that no prisoner shall be compelled to so labor who may be physically unable to do so, or whose safekeeping may be endangered thereby, the question of exemption from such labor for either cause mentioned to be determined by the sheriff of the county.

B. "Labor upon the public works," as used in this section, shall include, among other things, clerical and menial labor in the County Jail.

(Ord. 224A §1, 1971)

Whenever there are, in the judgment of the sheriff, three or more prisoners in the County Jail subject to such labor, as provided in Section 1.08.010, the sheriff may appoint some suitable and responsible person as guard, who shall discharge the duties of his position in person. Such guard shall be under the supervision of, and shall be responsible to, the sheriff.

(Ord. 224A §2, 1971)

It is made the duty of the guard designated in Section 1.08.020 to receive from the sheriff on each and every morning when the sheriff shall so order, all the prisoners compelled to labor under this chapter, and it is made the duty of the sheriff to so deliver them to the guard, and from the time they are delivered to the guard until they are returned to the County Jail, the guard shall be responsible for their safekeeping and custody; provided, that no prisoner or prisoners shall be taken out by the guard, or be compelled to thus labor, on Sundays or legal holidays, or at any time when the weather is so inclement as to be detrimental to the health of such prisoner or prisoners.

(Ord. 224A §3, 1971)

The guard shall call for and receive such prisoners which may be compelled to labor as provided in this chapter, not later than eight in the forenoon of each day, enforce their conveyance to the place of labor as expeditiously as possible, and compel them to labor continuously from the time of their arrival thereat (except for one hour at noon for rest and lunch) to such hour of cessation from labor as will permit their return to the County Jail at an hour not earlier than threethirty p.m., and not later than four p.m., at which cessation the guard shall so return the prisoners; provided, that labor may be discontinued during inclement weather at the option of the guard.

(Ord. 224A §4, 1971)

The sheriff shall supply the prisoners with sufficient suitable food for lunch at the expense of the county.

(Ord. 224A §5, 1971)

The labor provided for in this chapter shall be performed at such places and in such manner as the sheriff and board of supervisors, from time to time, direct.

(Ord. 224A §6, 1971)

No prisoner shall receive any compensation for his labor under this chapter.

(Ord. 224A §7, 1971)