§ 98-179. Clothing for inmates.

(a)

The chief of corrections shall prescribe the character and quality of clothing to be furnished for inmates and the means to be used whereby this clothing shall be kept clean and how it shall be worn.

(b)

The chief shall cause to be purchased a supply of clothing, of suitable texture and color, which shall be worn by male and female inmates during their confinement under sentence from the city's courts. At the end of the term of imprisonment of the inmate, the city clothes shall be removed, and the personal effects of the inmate shall be returned to the inmate. Thereafter, after the correctional officials shall thoroughly cleanse and fumigate the city clothing that was worn by the inmate.

(c)

It shall be an offense for an inmate under the control of the chief to take, convert or otherwise permanently remove from city control city-issued clothing while in the process of escaping the lawful control of the department of corrections.

(Ord. No. 2002-71, § 71, 9-16-02; Ord. No. 2005-03, § 11, 1-10-05)