642.10 CONDEMNATION OF LOCKUP.
When the commissioner of corrections shall become satisfied, from the report of a local agent
of a board of health as authorized under section
145A.04 or sheriff or from the report of any agent
the commissioner may appoint and authorize to examine lockups, or from the commissioner's
inspection that any lockup does not reasonably conform to essential conditions and details of
construction, such as are prescribed by law for plans for lockups, and that such lockup is in a
condition or of a construction such as to endanger the well-being, health, security or life of any
person confined therein, the commissioner shall condemn such lockup by written order and it
shall not be further used while such order is in force.
History: (10884) RL s 5492; 1913 c 438 s 2; 1955 c 491 s 6; 1959 c 263 s 2; 1986 c 444;
1987 c 309 s 24