Green v. Jones

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). It may be stated at the outset that a State Penitentiary is necessarily a State institution, and that taxation for the support and maintenance of it may be levied upon the property situated within the State. Thfe Legislature has full power to pass statutes relative to the custody, care and control of persons convicted of crime. Our Legislature has created a Penitentiary Commission and vested it with authority to manage and control convicts sentenced to the State Penitentiary under the provisions and regulations prescribed by the statute. Crawford & Moses ’…