Every county, by authority of the board of county commissioners and at the expense of the county, shall have a jail or access to a jail in another county for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed. A county may enter into contracts with private prison contractors to provide and operate jail facilities for the county.R.L. 1910, § 4579. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 17, eff. July 1, 1978; Laws 1987, c. 80, § 7, operative July 1, 1987.
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