Maine statute
15 M.R.S. § 1792 — Alternative sentences to work-jails; authority of inspectors over incorrigible or dangerous convicts
Current through First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025)
Part of Subchapter 3: Work-jail Sentences, Maine Revised Statutes.
Full text of 15 M.R.S. § 1792
Statutory text current through the First Special Session of the 132nd Maine Legislature (current through October 1, 2025). This publication reproduces the statutory text of the Maine Revised Statutes from the Revisor of Statutes' official published files; it is not the official statutes of the State of Maine and has not been certified by the Secretary of State.
When a convict is sentenced to imprisonment and labor in any of the work-jails, the court or judge may in addition sentence the convict to the other punishment provided by law for the same offense, with the condition that if the convict cannot be received at the work-jail to which the convict is sentenced, or if at any time before the expiration of the sentence, in the judgment of the inspectors of jails, the convict becomes incorrigible or unsafe, they may order that the convict suffer the alternative sentence or punishment. If the alternative sentence is to the State Prison, the sheriff of the county where the convict is imprisoned shall forthwith, upon receiving the order of the inspectors, cause the convict to be conveyed to the State Prison at the expense of the county where the convict was sentenced.
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