Persons sentenced to imprisonment in the Jail may be employed at such labor and under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Council of the District of Columbia and the proceeds thereof applied to defray the expenses of the trial and conviction of any such person.
D.C. Code § 24-201.12
Employment of prisoners
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1379, ch. 854, § 1192; Mar. 16, 1926, 44 Stat. 209, ch. 58, § 6
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.