There shall be a statutory procedure whereby the governor, in conjunction with the parole board, has the discretion to effectuate the early release of inmates in order to bring the prison population within acceptable limits.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-1-406
Early release procedure
Acts 1983, ch. 467, § 6.
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