[§124A-16]  Reports and receiving of
prisoners.  (a)  No provost marshal, commander of a guard, master at arms,
warden, keeper, or officer of a state correctional facility designated under
section 124A-15, may refuse to receive or keep any prisoner committed to his
charge, when the committing person furnishes a statement, signed by him, of the
offense charged against the prisoner.



(b)  Every commander of a guard, master at
arms, warden, keeper, or officer of a state correctional facility designated
under section 124A-15, to whose charge a prisoner is committed shall, within
twenty-four hours after that commitment or as soon as he is relieved from
guard, report to the commanding officer of the prisoner the name of the
prisoner, the offense charged against him, and the name of the person who
ordered or authorized the commitment. [L 1982, c 171, pt of §2]