356.1  How used.
  1.  The jails in the several counties in the state shall be in the charge of the respective sheriffs and used as prisons:
  a.  For the detention of persons charged with an offense and committed for trial or examination.
  b.  For the detention of persons who may be committed to secure their attendance as witnesses on the trial of a criminal cause.
  c.  For the confinement of persons under sentence, upon conviction for any offense, and of all other persons committed for any cause authorized by law.
  d.  For the confinement of persons subject to imprisonment under the ordinances of a city.
  2.  The provisions of this section extend to persons detained or committed by authority of the courts of the United States as well as of any state.
[C51, §3103; R60, §5122; C73, §485, 4723; C97, §735, 5637; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5497, 5772; C46, 50, §356.1, 368.40; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §356.1, 368.15; C75, 77, 79, 81, §356.1]
2004 Acts, ch 1117, §2, 4; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §67