§ 30-13-61 - Execution of confinement.
SECTION 30-13-61
§ 30-13-61 Execution of confinement.– (a) A sentence of confinement adjudged by a military court, whether or not thesentence includes discharge or dismissal and whether or not the discharge ordismissal has been executed, may be carried into execution by confinement inany place of confinement under the control of any of the forces of the statemilitary forces or in any jail, penitentiary, or prison designated for thatpurpose. Persons so confined in a jail, penitentiary, or prison are subject tothe same discipline and treatment as persons confined or committed to the jail,penitentiary, or prison by the courts of the state or of any politicalsubdivision thereof.
(b) The omission of the words "hard labor" from any sentenceor punishment of a court-martial adjudging confinement does not deprive theauthority executing that sentence or punishment of the power to require hardlabor as a part of the punishment.
(c) The keepers, officers, and wardens of city or countyjails and of other jails, penitentiaries, or prisons designated by thegovernor, or by such a person as the governor may authorize to act under §30-13-11, shall receive persons ordered into confinement before trial andpersons committed to confinement by a military court and shall confine themaccording to law. No keeper, officer, or warden may require payment of any feeor charge for so receiving or confining a person.