(a) A furlough pursuant to this compact may be granted to an inmate for the following reasons:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 41-23-204

  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) To visit a critically ill relative; or
(2) To attend a funeral of a relative.
(b) A furlough among states which are party to the compact shall be granted for a period not to exceed four (4) days, including travel time.
(c) For those inmates ineligible for an unescorted furlough, the sending state, in emergency situations, as defined below, may furlough those inmates under escort to a state which is party to this compact. All inmates on escorted furlough shall be under the guard and jurisdiction of an authorized person from the sending state and shall be under the continuous supervision of that person as consistent with § 41-23-207.

(1) An emergency situation shall apply only to visiting a critically ill relative or attending a funeral of a relative. In all such instances, the sending state shall first verify the legitimacy of the request and if verified shall request the receiving state to approve or reject the proposed furlough.
(2) Escorted furloughs granted for these reasons shall not exceed four (4) days, including travel time.
(d) Prior to the authorization for an inmate to go beyond the limits of the state, the appropriate official shall obtain a written waiver of extradition from the inmate waiving the right to be extradited from any state to which the inmate is furloughed or from any state where the inmate was apprehended.
(e) The grant of a stipulated period of furlough may be terminated by either the sending or receiving state upon written showing of cause. In those instances, the furloughed inmate shall be given reasonable opportunity to obtain the information, including written statements of witnesses and other documentation, which may be of assistance to the inmate in subsequent disciplinary hearings by the sending state for those events or violations that caused termination of the furlough. Reasonable costs for gathering of the information shall be chargeable to the inmate on furlough.
(f) Inmates from the sending state, who are on interstate furlough in the receiving state, shall be subject to all the provisions of laws and regulations applicable to those on interstate furlough status within the receiving state, not inconsistent with the sentence imposed.
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