Sec. 1-10. Labor required of prisoners; classification as regular or trusties.

Not less than seventy-five (75) percent of all persons confined in the city jail annex or county jail for the violation of any provision of the Charter, this Code, or any ordinance of the city shall, upon demand by the chief of police, the city magistrate, or their duly authorized representatives, perform labor on the public works of the city. Such persons shall perform such regular prisoners.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11; Ord. No. 4151, § 1, 3-18-74)

Sec. 1-11. Persons deemed trusties.

Persons working on public streets, highways or doing any other work or service outside the city jail, city jail annex or county jail and without requiring armed guards, or who hold any other similar position of confidence and trust either within or without the city jail, city jail annex or county jail, shall be deemed trusties.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11)

Sec. 1-12. Designation of trusties; supervision of working prisoners.

Persons to perform work or services as trusties shall be designated by the chief of police, the city magistrate, or their duly authorized representatives. Trusties who shall perform work or service upon public works shall be deemed to be under the direction and supervision of the director of public works, or his duly authorized representatives.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11)

Sec. 1-13. Credit on sentence for trusties.

Any person who is a trusty shall be allowed double time while so employed and each day so employed shall be counted as two (2) days in computing time on his sentence. However, in case of a breach of trust, the chief of police or the city magistrate may declare all or part of the double time forfeited.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11)

Sec. 1-14. City not liable for acts of trusties.

Neither the city, its officers, agents or employees, shall be liable in any way to the trusties, or otherwise, for any damages whatsoever which may, directly or indirectly, arise out of work or service which may be performed by trusties; in consideration of the advantages and privileges to be obtained by being a trusty, all trusties shall be required to sign a complete waiver and release, setting forth the nonliability of the city, or have their duties, rights and privileges as a trusty revoked.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 11)

Sec. 1-15. Escape of prisoners.

Any person sentenced to imprisonment or detained by the chief of police, pursuant to lawful arrest, who escapes, or attempts to escape, while in the custody of the chief of police, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 12; Ord. No. 2478, §§ 1, 2, 7-1-63)

   State Law References: Assisting escape prohibited, A.R.S. § 13-2510.

Sec. 1-16. Treatment of prisoners.

All prisoners confined in the city jail or county jail shall be treated with the utmost kindness compatible with the enforcement of the rules and regulations necessary to compel discipline and obedience to the officer in charge.

(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 13)

   State Law References: Abuse of prisoner prohibited, A.R.S. § 31-127.