Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:4-99

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The employment of the inmates of any institution within the jurisdiction of the state board shall be subject to the following specific limitations:

a. Marching or transportation of convicts in irons through the public streets or to or from their places of assigned labor shall not be permitted except in case of absolute emergency;

b. Convict labor under armed guard shall not be used on public improvements in conjunction with free labor;

c. Convict labor shall not be used to take the place of free labor locked out or on strike.