HB2496 — State Inmates - As introduced, prohibits restraining any inmate engaged in work within or outside of a prison, jail, or workhouse facility in a manner that joins the inmate with one or more other inmates. - Amends TCA Title 41.

HB2496 — State Inmates - As introduced, prohibits restraining any inmate engaged in work within or outside of a prison, jail, or workhouse facility in a manner that joins the inmate with one or more other inmates. - Amends TCA Title 41. · Informed CitizenryHB2496 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 41, to prohibit the practice of chain gangs. The bill states that no inmate may be chained, tied, or otherwise restrained in a manner that joins them w…Open in Informed Citizenry