Question & AnswerQ&A (Act No. 413)
The primary purpose is for the safekeeping of prisoners lawfully committed in every organized province's capital.
The expenses are borne by the provinces, except where otherwise provided by law.
The judge of the Court of First Instance and the provincial board, when the judge is required to be in the province, must personally inspect the jail’s sufficiency for safekeeping, accommodation, health, and inquire about its upkeep since the last inspection.
The provincial governor or a jailor appointed by him is responsible for keeping the jail, maintaining it properly, keeping separate rooms for sexes (except lawfully married couples), and supplying proper food and clothing for prisoners under the direction and expense of the provincial board.
The provincial board may allow the governor up to twenty cents Mexican per day for feeding each prisoner, or enter into contracts with third parties for that rate for prisoner feeding.
It must include prisoners’ names, place of abode, time and cause of commitment, authority committing them, personal description, details of liberation including time and authority, any escapes with time and manner, and deaths including date and cause.
The governor shall be fined not exceeding five hundred pesos for neglecting or refusing to return the calendar copy.
They must prevent the introduction of intoxicating liquors, prohibit gambling, and prevent disorderly practices in the jail.
It is at the rate of twenty cents (US) per day, which shall be advanced and taxed as costs based on Act No. 397.
The provincial board must arrange with a neighboring province’s provincial board for the safekeeping of prisoners in the neighboring province’s jail, where they shall be held with the same legal effect as if confined in their own province’s jail.