Section 41-22-118 - Classification and training of inmates

In order that inmates may be more profitably employed in TRICOR programs for their own welfare and the welfare of the state, the department of correction is directed to:(1) Employ personnel and purchase any necessary equipment and supplies for investigating and recording the essential facts in order to classify inmates according to: (A) Their individual capacities, achievements and aptitudes;(B) Their previous education, training and experience; and(C) Other mental, physical and social characteristics;(2) Establish educational classes supplementing and related to each of the TRICOR programs and services set up in §§ 41-22-118 - 41-22-124; and(3) Note the progress of inmates in these classes and programs.Acts 1937, ch. 278, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1939, ch. 11, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 12209.1 (Williams, § 12209.6); impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 102, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 41-420; Acts 2003 , ch. 187, § 5.