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, HB 1478, c. 244, § 17, emerg, eff. July 1, 1978; Amended by Laws 1987, HB 1472, c. 80, § 7, emerg. eff. July 1, 1987.