§ 3-2-303. DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT.

The Department of Corrections shall:

(1)

Take charge of the detention facilities and inmates in the detention facilities;

(2)

Be responsible for the safekeeping, care, and feeding of an inmate in the detention facilities from the time the inmate is committed until the inmate is legally released, including while the inmate is working outside the detention facilities and going to and from that work;

(3)

At the expense of the county through the budgetary and purchasing requirements of the Charter and the Code, provide food and board for all inmates committed to its charge, including food and other articles for the comfort of sick inmates as the physician attending sick inmates considers necessary;

(4)

Comply with all rules adopted by the county concerning the detention facilities buildings and the inmates;

(5)

Admit no visitor to the inmates except in accordance with the rules; and

(6)

In accordance with state law, keep a complete record of an inmate committed to its custody, when and by whom committed, the charge, and when released, together with other information required by the county.

(1988 Code, § 11-137) (Bill No. 26-93, § 2, 3-10-1993; Bill No. 31-99, § 3, 7-1-2004; Bill No. 40-04, § 1, 7-1-2004; Bill No. 77-15, § 2, 11-4-2015 ))