40.038. Confinement requirements--other punishment prohibited--exception.
Confinement requirements--other punishment prohibited--exception.
40.038. Subject to section 40.180, no person, while beingheld for trial or the result of trial, may be subjected topunishment or penalty other than arrest or confinement upon thecharges pending against him, nor shall the arrest or confinementimposed upon the person be any more rigorous than thecircumstances require to insure his presence, but the person maybe subjected to the same treatment and discipline as personsconfined under the authority of this state or its politicalsubdivisions.
(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 13)