Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-41 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-41
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-41
Status: in_force

When a probationer shall be discharged from probation by the court of original jurisdiction, the field supervisor, upon receiving a written request from the probationer, shall forward a written report of the record of the probationer to the Division of Community Corrections of the department, which shall present a copy of this report to the Governor. The Governor may, in his discretion, at any time thereafter by appropriate executive order restore any civil rights lost by the probationer by virtue of his conviction or plea of guilty in the court of original jurisdiction.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-931 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-931
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-931
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections, in its discretion, may contract with the board of supervisors of one or more counties or with a regional facility operated by one or more counties, to provide for housing, care and control of offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi. Any facility owned or leased by a county or counties for this purpose shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with American Correctional Association standards, and shall comply with all constitutional standards of the United States and the State of Mississippi, and with all court orders that may now or hereinafter be applicable to the facility. If the Department of Corrections contracts with more than one (1) county to house state offenders in county correctional facilities, excluding a regional facility, then the first of such facilities shall be constructed in Sharkey County and the second of such facilities shall be constructed in Jefferson County.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall contract with the board of supervisors of the following counties to house state inmates in regional facilities: (a) Marion and Walthall Counties; (b) Carroll and Montgomery Counties; (c) Stone and Pearl River Counties; (d) Winston and Choctaw Counties; (e) Kemper and Neshoba Counties; (f) Alcorn County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (g) Yazoo County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (h) Chickasaw County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (i) George and Greene Counties and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (j) Washington County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (k) Hinds County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (l) Leake County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (m) Issaquena County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (n) Jefferson County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (o) Franklin County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (p) Holmes County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; and (q) Bolivar County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail. The Department of Corrections shall decide the order of priority of the counties listed in this subsection with which it will contract for the housing of state inmates. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “ unapproved jail ” means any jail that the local grand jury determines should be condemned or has found to be of substandard condition or in need of substantial repair or reconstruction.

(3) In addition to the offenders authorized to be housed under subsection (1) of this section, the Department of Corrections may contract with any regional facility to provide for housing, care and control of not more than seventy-five (75) additional offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi.

(4) The Governor and the Commissioner of Corrections are authorized to increase administratively the number of offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi that can be placed in regional correctional facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-903 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-903
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-903
Status: in_force

(1) A person committed, sentenced or otherwise placed under the custody of the Department of Corrections, on order of the sentencing court, may serve his or her sentence in any county jail if all of the following conditions are complied with:

(a) The person must be classified in accordance with Section 47-5-905 ;

(b) The person must not be classified as in need of close supervision;

(c) The sheriff of the county where the person will serve his or her sentence must request in writing that the person be allowed to serve his or her sentence in that county jail;

(d) After the person is classified and returned to the county, the county shall assume the full and complete responsibility for the care and expenses of housing such person; and

(e) The county jail must be an approved county jail for housing state inmates under federal court order.

(2) This section does not apply to inmates housed in county jails due to lack of space at state correctional facilities. The department may reimburse the county for the expense of housing an inmate under this section.

(3) The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall defend the employees of the Department of Corrections and officials and employees of political subdivisions against any action brought by any person who was committed to a county jail under the provisions of this section.

(4) The state, the Department of Corrections, and its employees or agents, shall not be liable to any person or entity for an inmate held in a county jail under this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1517 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-1517
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1517
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections shall develop and provide to all correctional facility employees and correctional officers who have contact with pregnant inmates training related to the physical and mental health of pregnant inmates and fetuses, including the following:

(a) General care of pregnant women;

(b) The impact of restraints on pregnant inmates and fetuses;

(c) The impact of being placed in restrictive housing on pregnant inmates; and

(d) The impact of invasive searches on pregnant inmates.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall develop and provide educational programming for pregnant inmates related to:

(a) Prenatal care;

(b) Pregnancy-specific hygiene;

(c) Parenting skills;

(d) The impact of alcohol and drugs on the fetus; and

(e) General health of child.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-179 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-179
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-179
Status: in_force

(1) The responsibility for paying the expenses of nonemergency medical care, treatment and medicine of an inmate is the responsibility of the inmate receiving the care, treatment and medicine.

(2) The Department of Corrections is authorized to deduct the payment for nonemergency medical care, treatment and medicine from an inmate’s account and accept payment from other reimbursement programs.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-303 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-303
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-303
Status: in_force

The aims and purposes of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 are:

(a) To utilize the labor of offenders for self-maintenance and for reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment; and

(b) To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of penitentiary products directly through established state authorities and to permit the sale of such products to the public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-53 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-53
Status: in_force

If the Parole Board is abolished, the Department of Corrections shall assume and exercise all the duties, powers and responsibilities of the State Parole Board. The Commissioner of Corrections may assign to the appropriate officers and divisions any powers and duties deemed appropriate to carry out the duties and powers of the Parole Board. Wherever the terms “ State Parole Board ” or “ Parole Board ” appear in any state law, they shall mean the Department of Corrections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-6 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-6
Status: in_force

(1) The Parole Board, with the assistance of the Department of Corrections, shall collect the following information:

(a) The number of offenders supervised on parole;

(b) The number of offenders released on parole;

(c) The number of parole hearings held;

(d) The parole grant rate for parolees released with and without a hearing;

(e) The average length of time offenders spend on parole;

(f) The number and percentage of parolees revoked for a technical violation and returned for a term of imprisonment in a technical violation center;

(g) The number and percentage of parolees revoked for a technical violation and returned for a term of imprisonment in another type of Department of Corrections' facility;

(h) The number and percentage of parolees who are convicted of a new offense and returned for a term of imprisonment on their current crime as well as the new crime;

(i) The number of parolees held on a violation in county jail awaiting a revocation hearing; and

(j) The average length of stay in a county jail for parolees awaiting a revocation hearing.

(2) The Parole Board shall semiannually report information required in subsection (1) to the Oversight Task Force, and upon request, shall report such information to the PEER Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-39 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-39
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-39
Status: in_force

(1) The governing authorities of municipalities shall have the power to construct and maintain a municipal prison, and to regulate the keeping of the same and the prisoners therein, and to contract with the board of supervisors, which is empowered in the premises, for the use of the county jail by the municipality; and to provide for the working of the streets by municipal prisoners, and to contract with the county for such work by county prisoners or the working of county roads by municipal prisoners, or for working same on the county farms. Municipal prisoners shall be worked on county roads or county farms only in the county in which the municipality is situated. Males and females shall be confined in separate cells or compartments.

(2) The municipality shall pay the tuition, living and travel expenses incurred by a person attending and participating in the basic and continuing education courses for jail officers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-307 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-307
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-307
Status: in_force

(1) On and after the establishment of the industries provided for in Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 , all commissions, departments, institutions and other agencies of this state, which are supported in whole or in part by this state, may purchase from the State Department of Corrections all articles or products required by such commissions, departments, institutions or agencies which are produced or manufactured by the State Department of Corrections with the use of penitentiary labor as provided for by Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 . All purchases made by state agencies shall be made through the State Fiscal Management Board upon requisition by the proper authority of the commission, department, institution or agency. Political subdivisions of this state may purchase directly from the State Department of Corrections.

(2) Any article or product manufactured by the State Department of Corrections for sale through the State Fiscal Management Board to any commission, department, institution or agency of the state or to any political subdivision thereof, shall be manufactured and/or produced only upon state specifications developed by and through the State Fiscal Management Board. However, if such specifications have not been developed by the State Fiscal Management Board, then production may be based upon commercial specifications in current use by industry for the manufacture of such articles and products for sale to the state and political subdivisions thereof which have first been approved by the State Fiscal Management Board. For purposes of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 , state specifications and commercial specifications approved by the State Fiscal Management Board shall mean the latest complete version of any specification including amendments thereto.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-4-7 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 4-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-4-7
Status: in_force

(1) All private guards and jailers at private or public facilities shall have the same authority, power and jurisdiction as contractor's employees under the Special Needs Prison Program of 1994, if they meet the minimum training requirements for state employees performing similar duties at public correctional and detention facilities.

(2) Any inmate or person confined in a facility as provided for under subsection (1) of this section who escapes or attempts to escape from any such facility, and any person who aids or assists in such escape or attempted escape, shall be subject to the penalties as prescribed in Sections 97-9-25 through 97-9-49 . Any guard or jailer at any such facility shall be authorized to pursue and assist in the capture of any such escapee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-3-3 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 3-3
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-3-3
Status: in_force

A person committed or in custody on a criminal charge shall not be removed from the place of his confinement into the custody of any other officer, unless it be by habeas corpus or some other legal writ, except for trial, or in case of fire or infection, or other necessity, or in accordance with express provision of law. If any person, after such commitment, shall make out or issue any warrant or process for such removal except as authorized, it shall be void.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-721 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-721
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-721
Status: in_force

If at any time during a state of emergency the Governor determines that the continuation of the state of emergency is injurious to the public good or raises the potential of threatening the safety of the public in the state as a whole or in a particular community, he may order the state of emergency terminated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-355 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-355
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-355
Status: in_force

(1) The Commissioner of Corrections shall employ a director of the prison agricultural enterprises, who shall be directly responsible to the commissioner. The director shall have the following duties and powers:

(a) To implement and manage the prison agricultural enterprises;

(b) To determine, with the advice of the Director of Planning, the type of agricultural, animal husbandry and aquaculture products needed to feed inmates and which may be grown profitably on department lands;

(c) To use inmate labor to meet the labor needs of the programs, subject to the requirements of subsection (2);

(d) To recommend rules and regulations and employ personnel necessary for the operation of the programs;

(e) To determine the proper methods of canning, freezing or preserving that may be used to the best advantage of the programs;

(f) With approval of the commissioner, to do those things necessary and proper to accomplish the purposes of the programs;

(g) To determine and establish priorities on the most appropriate and profitable products to be grown and which department lands should be farmed, taking into consideration the available prison labor, existing equipment and funds available therefor, markets for the products, and other matters consistent with prudent agricultural practices;

(h) To manage the food services of the department at the discretion of the commissioner.

(2) The director shall have the right to use inmate labor to the exclusion of prison industries. The superintendents shall provide the prison agricultural enterprises with sufficient inmate labor. If a superintendent refuses to provide inmate labor because of security concerns, the commissioner shall decide if security requirements preclude use of inmate labor. Upon the request of the director, the superintendents shall provide security for prison agricultural enterprises.

(3) The director shall maintain accurate and complete financial records of all receipts and expenditures of the prison agricultural enterprise programs.

(4) The director shall file a full and complete report with the Legislature before January 1 of each year detailing the costs, inventory and receipts of each program. The report shall also provide the cost or cost savings of such programs.

(5) The department may enter into joint ventures with private businesses related to prison agricultural enterprises.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-933 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-933
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-933
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections may contract for the purposes set out in Section 47-5-931 for a period of not more than twenty (20) years. The contract may provide that the Department of Corrections pay a fee of no more than Thirty-two Dollars and Seventy-one Cents ($32.71) per day for each offender that is housed in the facility. The Department of Corrections may include in the contract, as an inflation factor, a three percent (3%) annual increase in the contract price. The state shall retain responsibility for medical care for state offenders to the extent that is required by law; provided, however, the department may reimburse each facility for contract medical services as provided by law in an amount not to exceed Six Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($6.25) per day per offender.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-177 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-177
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-177
Status: in_force

At least fifteen (15) days prior to the release of an offender from the custody of the department because of discharge, parole, pardon, temporary personal leave or pass, or otherwise, except for sickness or death in the offender's family, the director of records of the department shall give written or electronic notice of such release to the sheriff of the county and to the chief of police of the municipality where the offender was convicted. If the offender is paroled to a county other than the county of conviction, the director of records shall give written or electronic notice of the release to the sheriff, district attorney and circuit judge of the county and to the chief of police of the municipality where the offender is paroled and to the sheriff of the county and to the chief of police of the municipality where the offender was convicted. The department shall notify the parole officer of the county where the offender is paroled or discharged to probation of any chronic mental disorder incurred by the offender, of any type of infectious disease for which the offender has been examined and treated, and of any medications provided to the offender for such conditions.

The commissioner shall require the director of records to clearly identify the notice of release of an offender who has been convicted of arson at any time. The fact that the offender to be released had been convicted of arson at any time shall appear prominently on the notice of release and the sheriff shall notify all officials who are responsible for investigation of arson within the county of such offender's release and the chief of police shall notify all such officials within the municipality of such offender's release.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-421 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-421
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-421
Status: in_force

The provisions of Sections 47-5-401 through 47-5-421 are cumulative and shall not be construed to repeal or supersede any laws directly inconsistent herewith; and it is specifically provided herein that any work program in operation or functioning pursuant to any local law when Sections 47-5-401 through 47-5-421 become law may be continued pursuant to such local law and shall not be affected in any way by Sections 47-5-401 through 47-5-421 . The county conducting such program may, however, at its option convert the program to a program to be governed by Sections 47-5-401 through 47-5-421 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-461 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-461
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-461
Status: in_force

State inmates performing public service work or private paid employment under Sections 47-5-451 through 47-5-469 shall be eligible for earned time credit allowances in the same manner as other inmates confined or detained in state prisons or other state correctional facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-194 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-194
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-194
Status: in_force

(1) It is unlawful for any offender committed to the department to possess:

(a) Coin or currency on his person or in premises assigned to him or under his control;

(b) A money order, traveler's check, promissory note, credit card, personal check or other negotiable instrument.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to offenders who are granted a parole; placed on work release, supervised earned release, earned probation or probation; or granted leave for the duration of such leave; however, these offenders may be restricted by the parole or probation order or by order of the commissioner with respect to amounts or form of money possessed or controlled by the offenders.

(3) A violation of subsection (1) shall be considered a rules violation or a violation of the conditions of parole or probation as the case may be and shall be processed in the manner of similar violations.

(4) Any money possessed by an offender may be confiscated by the corrections officer who discovers the possession. The department shall establish a policy and procedure for the collection and accounting of all confiscated funds. All confiscated coin or currency shall be deposited in a special fund which is created in the State Treasury. The money in this special fund may be appropriated by the Legislature to enhance the security of the department's facilities. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, but funds may be expended only by appropriation approved by the Legislature. Any interest earned on amounts in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.

(5) The possession of coin, currency, money order, traveler's check or other negotiable instrument on the grounds of a facility is prohibited.

(6) The department shall establish a cashless system for facilities no later than July 1, 1996. The department shall provide lockers for visitors to place prohibited items when on grounds of a facility. The department is authorized to charge visitors an hourly rental fee for use of the lockers. Community work centers and restitution centers are exempt unless designated by the commissioner as being included in the cashless system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-53 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-53
Status: in_force

If the Parole Board is abolished, the Department of Corrections shall assume and exercise all the duties, powers and responsibilities of the State Parole Board. The Commissioner of Corrections may assign to the appropriate officers and divisions any powers and duties deemed appropriate to carry out the duties and powers of the Parole Board. Wherever the terms “ State Parole Board ” or “ Parole Board ” appear in any state law, they shall mean the Department of Corrections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-13 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-13
Status: in_force

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. A decision to parole an offender convicted of murder or a sex-related crime shall require the affirmative vote of three (3) members. The board shall maintain, in minute book form, a copy of each of its official actions with the reasons therefor. Suitable and sufficient office space and support resources and staff necessary to conducting Parole Board business shall be provided by the Department of Corrections. However, the principal place for conducting parole hearings shall be the state penitentiary at Parchman.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1013 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-1013
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1013
Status: in_force

Participants enrolled in an intensive supervision program shall be required to:

(a) Maintain employment if physically able, or full-time student status at an approved school or vocational trade, and make progress deemed satisfactory to the correctional field officer, or both, or be involved in supervised job searches.

(b) Pay restitution and program fees as directed by the department. Program fees shall not be less than Eighty-eight Dollars ($88.00) per month. The sentencing judge may charge a program fee of less than Eighty-eight Dollars ($88.00) per month in cases of extreme financial hardship, when such judge determines that the offender's participation in the program would provide a benefit to his community. Juvenile offenders shall not pay a program fee but shall pay a monthly fee as provided in Section 47-5-1007 . Program fees shall be deposited in the special fund created in Section 47-5-1007 .

(c) Establish a place of residence at a place approved by the correctional field officer, and not change his residence without the officer's approval. The correctional officer shall be allowed to inspect the place of residence for alcoholic beverages, controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.

(d) Remain at his place of residence at all times except to go to work, to attend school, to perform community service and as specifically allowed in each instance by the correctional field officer.

(e) Allow administration of drug and alcohol tests as requested by the field officer.

(f) Perform not less than ten (10) hours of community service each month.

(g) Meet any other conditions imposed by the court to meet the needs of the offender and limit the risks to the community.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-20 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-20
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-20
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties:

(a) To establish the general policy of the department;

(b) To approve proposals for the location of new facilities, for major renovation activities, and for the creation of new programs and divisions within the department as well as for the abolition of the same; provided, however, that the commissioner shall approve the location of no new facility unless the board of supervisors of the county or the governing authorities of the municipality in which the new facility is to be located shall have had the opportunity with at least sixty (60) days' prior notice to disapprove the location of the proposed facility. If either the board of supervisors or the governing authorities shall disapprove the facility, it shall not be located in that county or municipality. Said notice shall be made by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the members of the board or governing authorities and to the clerk thereof;

(c) Except as otherwise provided or required by law, to open bids and approve the sale of any products or manufactured goods by the department according to applicable provisions of law regarding bidding and sale of state property, and according to rules and regulations established by the State Fiscal Management Board;

(d) To adopt administrative rules and regulations including, but not limited to, offender transfer procedures, award of administrative earned time, personnel procedures, employment practices.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-45 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-45
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-45
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to probation under the Youth Court Law nor to parole from the Oakley Youth Development Center.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1201 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-1201
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1201
Status: in_force

The purpose of this legislation is to alleviate the immediate and the projected operating capacity needs of the state correctional system by providing for the immediate and long-term addition of correctional facilities. It is the intent of the Legislature that agencies expedite the procurement of facilities to alleviate the short-term emergency capacity needs of the correctional system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-137 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-137
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-137
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, the use of offenders as servants, gardeners, chauffeurs, cooks, baby-sitters or domestic workers of any nature by an employee of the correctional system or by any other person in an individual household is hereby prohibited; provided, however, that the commissioner may use offenders for such work on the grounds of a facility of the correctional system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-11 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-11
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-11
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Corrections shall collect the following information:

(a) Prison data shall include:

(i) The number of offenders entering prison on a new offense;

(ii) The number of offenders entering prison as a revocation of supervision;

(iii) The average sentence length for new prison sentences by offense type;

(iv) The average sentence length for offenders entering prison for a probation revocation;

(v) The average sentence length for offenders entering prison for a parole revocation;

(vi) The average percentage of prison sentence served in prison by offense type;

(vii) The average length of stay by offense type;

(viii) Recidivism rates. For the purposes of this report, “ recidivism ” means conviction of a new felony offense within three (3) years of release from prison;

1. Recidivism rates by offense type;

2. Recidivism rates by risk level;

(ix) Total prison population;

1. By offense type;

2. By type of admission into prison.

(b) Probation data shall include:

(i) The number of offenders supervised on probation;

(ii) The number of offenders placed on probation;

(iii) The number of probationers revoked for a technical violation and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a technical violation center;

(iv) The number of probationers revoked for a technical violation and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in another type of department of correction;

(v) The number of probationers who are convicted of a new felony offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment;

(vi) The number of probationers held on a violation in a county jail awaiting a revocation hearing; and

(vii) The average length of stay in a county jail for probationers awaiting a revocation hearing.

(c) Post-release supervision data shall include:

(i) The number of offenders supervised on post-release supervision;

(ii) The number of offenders placed on post-release supervision;

(iii) The number of post-release probationers revoked for a technical violation and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in a technical violation center;

(iv) The number of post-release probationers revoked for a technical violation and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in another type of department of correction facility;

(v) The number of post-release probationers who are convicted of a new felony offense and sentenced to a term of imprisonment;

(vi) The number of post-release probationers held on a violation in a county jail awaiting a revocation hearing; and

(vii) The average length of stay in a county jail for post-release probationers awaiting a revocation hearing.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall semiannually report information required in subsection (1) of this section to the Oversight Task Force, and upon request, shall report the information to the PEER Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-703 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-703
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-703
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:

(a) “ Inmate ” means every person who at the time of the declaration of a prison system overcrowding state of emergency, or at any time during the continuation of a state of emergency, is incarcerated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections as a result of a commitment to the department, including persons committed to the department and incarcerated in local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates.

(b) “ Operating capacity ” means the total number of state inmates which can be safely and reasonably housed in facilities operated by the Department of Corrections and in local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates as certified by the department, subject to applicable federal and state laws and rules and regulations.

(c) “ Parole eligibility date ” means the date on which an inmate becomes eligible for release by parole under the provisions of Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 . For the purposes of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 , an inmate with a sentence of one (1) year shall be deemed to have a parole eligibility date which shall be the last day of his sentence.

(d) “ Prison ” means any correctional facility operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

(e) “ Prison system ” means the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections and those local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates.

(f) “ Prison system population ” means the total number of state inmates housed in the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections and in those local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates.

(g) “ Qualified inmate ” means inmates who are not incarcerated for convictions of murder, kidnapping, arson, armed robbery, rape, sexual offenses or any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon and who are within that number of days of their parole eligibility date at the time of the declaration of the state of emergency as is specified to be conditionally advanced under the declaration of the state of emergency. An inmate sentenced as an habitual offender shall not be considered a “qualified inmate.”

(h) “ State of emergency ” means a prison system overcrowding state of emergency as provided in Section 47-5-711 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-139 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-139
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-139
Status: in_force

(1) An inmate shall not be eligible for the earned time allowance if:

(a) The inmate was sentenced to life imprisonment; but an inmate, except an inmate sentenced to life imprisonment for capital murder, who has reached the age of sixty-five (65) or older and who has served at least fifteen (15) years may petition the sentencing court for conditional release;

(b) The inmate was convicted as a habitual offender under Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87 ;

(c) The inmate has forfeited his earned time allowance by order of the commissioner;

(d) The inmate was convicted of a sex crime; or

(e) The inmate has not served the mandatory time required for parole eligibility for a conviction of robbery or attempted robbery with a deadly weapon.

(2) An offender under two (2) or more consecutive sentences shall be allowed commutation based upon the total term of the sentences.

(3) All earned time shall be forfeited by the inmate in the event of escape and/or aiding and abetting an escape. The commissioner may restore all or part of the earned time if the escapee returns to the institution voluntarily, without expense to the state, and without act of violence while a fugitive from the facility.

(4) Any officer or employee who shall willfully violate the provisions of this section and be convicted therefor shall be removed from office or employment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-507 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-507
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-507
Status: in_force

The participating industry or business shall be responsible for providing the offenders with any vocational education or training necessary for employment. Upon an offender's release from custody, the participating industry or business may offer such offender a similar employment opportunity at a free-world location or facility operated by the industry or business.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1505 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-1505
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1505
Status: in_force

(a) “ Restraints ” means any physical or mechanical device used to restrict or control the movement of a prisoner's body, limbs, or both.

(b) “ Body cavity searches ” means invasive searches on inmates, conducted by facility employees in search of contraband.

(c) “ Flight risk ” means an inmate who has shown the desire to escape the facility.

(d) “ Restrictive housing ” means any type of detention that involves:

(i) Removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary; and

(ii) Inability to leave a room or cell for the vast majority of the day.

(e) “ Postpartum recovery ” means the eight-week period, or longer as determined by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the prisoner.

(f) “ Menstrual hygiene products ” means products that women use during their menstrual cycle. This includes tampons, sanitary napkins and menstrual cups.

(g) “ Indigent ” means an inmate who has less than an average of Sixteen Dollars ($16.00) in her prison account.

(h) “ Correctional facility employee ” refers to anyone who is employed by the facility or the Department of Corrections.

(i) “ State of undress ” refers to a state where a female is partially or fully naked, either in the shower, toilet areas, a medical examination room or having a body cavity search conducted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-37 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-37
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-37
Status: in_force

The commissioner shall employ a qualified fiscal comptroller who shall be a certified public accountant and who shall be charged with the responsibility of maintaining a modern accounting system which shall accurately reflect all fiscal transactions in such manner and in such form as shall be recommended by the State Fiscal Management Board. The commissioner shall employ such qualified bookkeepers and other clerical personnel as required to maintain the accounting system who shall devote their full time to their duties as employees of the correctional system. The fiscal comptroller shall make a monthly report to the Governor and Chairmen of Corrections Committee of the Senate and the Penitentiary Committee of the House of Representatives. The fiscal comptroller shall countersign all checks. The fiscal comptroller shall have sole responsibility for all purchases and the signing of all purchase orders issued by the correctional system. Such fiscal comptroller shall execute a good and sufficient bond payable to the State of Mississippi in the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), conditioned for the satisfactory performance of the duties of his office, and the accurate accounting of any moneys and properties coming into his hands.

The commissioner or his designee shall sign all requisitions for issuance of warrant authorizing any disbursement of any sum or sums on account of the correctional system, and no money shall be paid out on any account of the correctional system except on a requisition for issuance of warrant signed by him or his designee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-725 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-725
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-725
Status: in_force

The State Parole Board shall prescribe conditions of advancement of the parole eligibility date applicable prior to an inmate's release. The State Parole Board shall prescribe conditions of supervision consistent with existing regulations applicable after release on parole. When an inmate is released under the provisions of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 he shall be considered to be in the legal custody of the Department of Corrections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-703 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-703
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-703
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:

(a) “ Inmate ” means every person who at the time of the declaration of a prison system overcrowding state of emergency, or at any time during the continuation of a state of emergency, is incarcerated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections as a result of a commitment to the department, including persons committed to the department and incarcerated in local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates.

(b) “ Operating capacity ” means the total number of state inmates which can be safely and reasonably housed in facilities operated by the Department of Corrections and in local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates as certified by the department, subject to applicable federal and state laws and rules and regulations.

(c) “ Parole eligibility date ” means the date on which an inmate becomes eligible for release by parole under the provisions of Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code of 1972 . For the purposes of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 , an inmate with a sentence of one (1) year shall be deemed to have a parole eligibility date which shall be the last day of his sentence.

(d) “ Prison ” means any correctional facility operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

(e) “ Prison system ” means the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections and those local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates.

(f) “ Prison system population ” means the total number of state inmates housed in the prisons operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections and in those local or county jails or other facilities authorized to house state inmates.

(g) “ Qualified inmate ” means inmates who are not incarcerated for convictions of murder, kidnapping, arson, armed robbery, rape, sexual offenses or any offense involving the use of a deadly weapon and who are within that number of days of their parole eligibility date at the time of the declaration of the state of emergency as is specified to be conditionally advanced under the declaration of the state of emergency. An inmate sentenced as an habitual offender shall not be considered a “qualified inmate.”

(h) “ State of emergency ” means a prison system overcrowding state of emergency as provided in Section 47-5-711 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-36 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-36
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-36
Status: in_force

(1) Any person who supervises an individual placed on parole by the Parole Board or placed on probation by the court shall set the times and locations for meetings that are required for parole or probation at such times and locations that are reasonably designed to accommodate the work schedule of an individual on parole or probation who is employed by another person or entity.

(2) To effectuate the provisions of this section, the parole officer or probation officer may utilize technology portals such as Skype, FaceTime or Google video chat, or any other technology portal that allows communication between the individual on parole or probation and the parole or probation officer, as applicable, to occur simultaneously in real time by voice and video in lieu of requiring a face-to-face in person meeting of such individual and the parole or probation officer, as applicable. For individuals who are self-employed, the provisions of this subsection shall only apply with the agreement of their supervising parole or probation officer.

(3) The Department of Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section. The rules and regulations promulgated by the department shall include, but are not limited to, minimum standards and guidelines for the authorized technology and how it may be used as well as standards for determining the eligibility and suitability of an individual on parole or probation to meet his or her reporting requirements through the use of such technology. The eligibility and suitability standards shall include consideration of the severity of the individual's underlying criminal conviction and such individual's criminal history, supervision level, and past supervision history.

(4) This section shall not apply to offenders whose employers comply with the requirements of Section 47-7-36.1(1) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-801 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-801
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-801
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to adopt an administrative review procedure at each of its correctional facilities in compliance with 42 USCS Section 1997 , the “Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act,” or CRIPA, and Part 40 of Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1505 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-1505
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1505
Status: in_force

(a) “ Restraints ” means any physical or mechanical device used to restrict or control the movement of a prisoner's body, limbs, or both.

(b) “ Body cavity searches ” means invasive searches on inmates, conducted by facility employees in search of contraband.

(c) “ Flight risk ” means an inmate who has shown the desire to escape the facility.

(d) “ Restrictive housing ” means any type of detention that involves:

(i) Removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary; and

(ii) Inability to leave a room or cell for the vast majority of the day.

(e) “ Postpartum recovery ” means the eight-week period, or longer as determined by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the prisoner.

(f) “ Menstrual hygiene products ” means products that women use during their menstrual cycle. This includes tampons, sanitary napkins and menstrual cups.

(g) “ Indigent ” means an inmate who has less than an average of Sixteen Dollars ($16.00) in her prison account.

(h) “ Correctional facility employee ” refers to anyone who is employed by the facility or the Department of Corrections.

(i) “ State of undress ” refers to a state where a female is partially or fully naked, either in the shower, toilet areas, a medical examination room or having a body cavity search conducted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-453 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-453
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-453
Status: in_force

Each county board of supervisors electing to establish a work program under Sections 47-5-451 through 47-5-469 shall adopt regulations and policies as authorized by the Department of Corrections for joint state-county work programs, including extending the limits of the place of confinement of an eligible inmate as to whom there is reasonable cause to believe he will know his trust. Extending the limits of the place of confinement may include confinement at the residence of the subject inmate wherein the primary maintenance and care of the inmate shall take place, subject to approval by the department and county.

Violations by inmates participating in such programs of any such rules, regulations or policies shall result in the ineligibility of the inmates to participate in such programs, and shall result in the inmate's immediate incarceration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-53 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-53
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-53
Status: in_force

If the Parole Board is abolished, the Department of Corrections shall assume and exercise all the duties, powers and responsibilities of the State Parole Board. The Commissioner of Corrections may assign to the appropriate officers and divisions any powers and duties deemed appropriate to carry out the duties and powers of the Parole Board. Wherever the terms “ State Parole Board ” or “ Parole Board ” appear in any state law, they shall mean the Department of Corrections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-931 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-931
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-931
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections, in its discretion, may contract with the board of supervisors of one or more counties or with a regional facility operated by one or more counties, to provide for housing, care and control of offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi. Any facility owned or leased by a county or counties for this purpose shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with American Correctional Association standards, and shall comply with all constitutional standards of the United States and the State of Mississippi, and with all court orders that may now or hereinafter be applicable to the facility. If the Department of Corrections contracts with more than one (1) county to house state offenders in county correctional facilities, excluding a regional facility, then the first of such facilities shall be constructed in Sharkey County and the second of such facilities shall be constructed in Jefferson County.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall contract with the board of supervisors of the following counties to house state inmates in regional facilities: (a) Marion and Walthall Counties; (b) Carroll and Montgomery Counties; (c) Stone and Pearl River Counties; (d) Winston and Choctaw Counties; (e) Kemper and Neshoba Counties; (f) Alcorn County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (g) Yazoo County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (h) Chickasaw County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (i) George and Greene Counties and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (j) Washington County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (k) Hinds County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (l) Leake County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (m) Issaquena County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (n) Jefferson County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (o) Franklin County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; (p) Holmes County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail; and (q) Bolivar County and any contiguous county in which there is located an unapproved jail. The Department of Corrections shall decide the order of priority of the counties listed in this subsection with which it will contract for the housing of state inmates. For the purposes of this subsection, the term “ unapproved jail ” means any jail that the local grand jury determines should be condemned or has found to be of substandard condition or in need of substantial repair or reconstruction.

(3) In addition to the offenders authorized to be housed under subsection (1) of this section, the Department of Corrections may contract with any regional facility to provide for housing, care and control of not more than seventy-five (75) additional offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi.

(4) The Governor and the Commissioner of Corrections are authorized to increase administratively the number of offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi that can be placed in regional correctional facilities.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-183 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-183
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-183
Status: in_force

The Mississippi Department of Corrections is authorized, subject to the availability of funds, to secure a biological sample for purposes of DNA identification analysis from every individual convicted of a felony or in its custody before release from or transfer to a state correctional facility or county jail or other detention facility.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-567 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-567
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-567
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no inmate shall be eligible for unemployment compensation or workmen's compensation whether employed by the corporation or by any other private enterprise operating on the grounds of a correctional institution or elsewhere where such employment shall be a part of a correctional work program or work release program of either the corporation or the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-7 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-7
Status: in_force

The department shall procure a United States lock-seal, to be styled “Mississippi Department of Corrections” of which the commissioner shall be the custodian. Such seal shall be used to authenticate all the written official acts, orders and process executed and issued from the department, and especially on all orders dispatched to the county jails for offenders who have been sentenced to the custody of the department.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-133 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-133
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-133
Status: in_force

The commissioner is authorized and empowered to use the offenders on or off the property of the correctional system to drain or improve the drainage of any property belonging to the correctional system. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, no offenders at any time are to work off property of the correctional system except: (a) when some dire calamity or disaster exists or threatens, or (b) those offenders assigned to duty at the Governor's Mansion (eight (8)). The Governor may order offenders to work to avert or control such calamity or disaster.

Provided, however, that the commissioner may authorize the working of offenders in support of any road construction, repair or other project of the State Highway Department upon proper request therefor by the State Highway Commission. In such cases the department shall establish all proper regulations for the working, guarding, safekeeping, clothing, housing and subsistence of offenders while so working.

Provided further, that the commissioner may authorize the working and housing of offenders in support of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics upon proper request therefor by the bureau. In such cases the department shall establish all proper regulations for the working, guarding, safekeeping, clothing, housing and subsistence of offenders while so working.

The commissioner may authorize the working of offenders in support of any aspect of Mississippi state government where such work would be appropriate and useful.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-29 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-29
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-29
Status: in_force

Any prisoner who commits a felony while at large upon parole or earned-release supervision and who is convicted and sentenced therefor shall be required to serve such sentence after the original sentence has been completed.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1401 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-1401
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1401
Status: in_force

(1) The Mississippi Department of Corrections shall establish a Youthful Offender Unit (“YOU”) at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. All youth ages seventeen (17) years of age and under and who are assigned to a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison shall be housed in the YOU, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit the department from housing a youth who is seventeen (17) years of age and under in a community work center or other environments that are less restrictive than a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison.

(2) Youth ages seventeen (17) and under as prescribed in this section shall be housed in the YOU, separate from adult inmates. No individual who is over the age of nineteen (19) shall be housed in the YOU. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections shall have discretion to house individuals who are eighteen (18) and nineteen (19) years of age and who have been classified as vulnerable in the YOU.

(3) The Mississippi Department of Corrections shall provide youth housed at the YOU with the opportunity for the appropriate amounts of interactive, structured rehabilitative and/or educational programming, recreational and leisure activities outside of their cells on a daily basis, including weekends and holidays. The programming developed, as prescribed in this subsection shall, to the extent possible, be tailored to the developmental needs of adolescents.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-301 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-301
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-301
Status: in_force

Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 may be cited as the “Penitentiary-Made Goods Law of 1978.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1229 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-1229
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1229
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a special fund to be designated as the “Correctional Facilities Emergency Construction Fund.” Any monies as may be appropriated by the Legislature shall be deposited into the fund. The expenditure of monies out of the fund shall be under the direction of the State Prison Emergency Construction and Management Board as spread on its minutes and such funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-305 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-305
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-305
Status: in_force

(1) The State Department of Corrections is authorized to purchase, in the manner prescribed by law, equipment, raw materials and supplies, and to engage the supervisory personnel necessary to establish and maintain for this state at the penitentiary or any penal farm or institution now or hereafter under the control of such department industries for the utilization of services of offenders in the manufacture or production of such articles or products as may be needed for the construction, operation, maintenance or use of any commission, department, institution or other agency supported in whole or in part by this state and the political subdivisions thereof. The State Department of Corrections is further authorized to sell such products to the public.

(2) The Department of Corrections is authorized to contract for work projects from outside sources, including private enterprise, for processing, fabrication or repair; however, preference shall be given to the performance of such work projects for any commission, department, institution or other agency of the state.

(3) The Department of Corrections is further authorized to contract with private or public industrial and business enterprises regarding the location of operations or projects upon any property utilized by the state prison correctional system in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-713 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-713
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-713
Status: in_force

Upon the declaration of a state of emergency, the parole eligibility dates of qualified inmates shall be conditionally advanced. The amount of advancement of parole eligibility dates must be specified in the declaration by the Governor. When the state of emergency has been terminated, the parole eligibility dates which were conditionally advanced shall be reset to the parole eligibility date set prior to the emergency for those inmates who were not released on parole under the provisions of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-321 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-321
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-321
Status: in_force

The State Board of Corrections shall have the power and authority to prepare and promulgate policies which are necessary to give effect to the provisions of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 with respect to matters of administration respecting the same which if made shall be in writing, entered on their minutes, and available to the general public for inspection during the regular office hours of the department. Before taking effect, said policies, as well as subsequent amendments thereto, shall be placed on file by the department in the office of the secretary of state in a well-bound book designated by the secretary for that purpose.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-3.2 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-3.2
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-3.2
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding Section 47-5-138 , 47-5-139 , 47-5-138.1 or 47-5-142 , no person convicted of a criminal offense on or after July 1, 2014, shall be released by the department until he or she has served no less than the percentage of the sentence or sentences imposed by the court as set forth below:

(a) Twenty-five percent (25%) or ten (10) years, whichever is less, for a nonviolent crime;

(b) Fifty percent (50%) or twenty (20) years, whichever is less, for a crime of violence pursuant to Section 97-3-2 , except for robbery with a deadly weapon as defined in Section 97-3-79 , drive-by shooting as defined in Section 97-3-109 , or carjacking as defined in Section 97-3-117 ;

(c) Sixty percent (60%) or twenty-five (25) years, whichever is less, for robbery with a deadly weapon as defined in Section 97-3-79 , drive-by shooting as defined in Section 97-3-109 , or carjacking as defined in Section 97-3-117 .

(2) This section shall not apply to:

(a) Offenders sentenced to life imprisonment;

(b) Offenders convicted as habitual offenders pursuant to Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87 ;

(c) Offenders serving a sentence for a sex offense; or

(d) Offenders serving a sentence for trafficking pursuant to Section 41-29-139(f) .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-85 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-85
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-85
Status: in_force

There shall be provided an area at each facility of the correctional system for religious worship to be conducted by the chaplain's office of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The chaplains will have ingress and egress to all facilities of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the purpose of providing religious services to the offenders incarcerated therein.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1211 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1211
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1211
Status: in_force

(1) A contract for private correctional facilities or services shall not be entered into unless the contractor has demonstrated that it has:

(a) The qualifications, experience and management personnel necessary to carry out the terms of the contract.

(b) The ability to expedite the siting, design and construction of correctional facilities.

(c) The ability to comply with applicable laws, court orders and national correctional standards.

(d) Demonstrated history of successful operation and management of other correctional facilities.

(2) A facility shall at all times comply with all federal and state laws, and all applicable court orders.

(3)(a) No contract for private incarceration shall be entered into unless the cost of the private operation, including the state's cost for monitoring the private operation, offers a cost savings of at least ten percent (10%) to the Department of Corrections for at least the same level and quality of service offered by the Department of Corrections.

(b) Beginning in 2012, and every two (2) years thereafter, the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall contract with a certified public accounting firm to establish a state inmate cost per day using financial information of the Department of Corrections for the most recently completed fiscal year. The state inmate cost per day shall be certified as required by this section. The certified cost shall be used as the basis for measuring the validity of the ten percent (10%) savings of the contractor costs.

(c) Prior to engaging a certified public accountant, the PEER Committee, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, shall develop a current cost-based model that will serve as a basis for the report produced as authorized by this section.

(4) The rates and benefits for correctional services shall be negotiated based upon American Correction Association standards, state law and court orders.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-17 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-17
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-17
Status: in_force

(1) Within one (1) year after his admission and at such intervals thereafter as it may determine, the board shall secure and consider all pertinent information regarding each offender, except any under sentence of death or otherwise ineligible for parole, including the circumstances of his offense, his previous social history, his previous criminal record, including any records of law enforcement agencies or of a youth court regarding that offender's juvenile criminal history, his conduct, employment and attitude while in the custody of the department, the case plan created to prepare the offender for parole, and the reports of such physical and mental examinations as have been made. The board shall furnish at least three (3) months' written notice to each such offender of the date on which he is eligible for parole.

(2) Except as provided in Section 47-7-18 , the board shall require a parole-eligible offender to have a hearing as required in this chapter before the board and to be interviewed. The hearing shall be held no later than thirty (30) days prior to the month of eligibility. No application for parole of a person convicted of a capital offense shall be considered by the board unless and until notice of the filing of such application shall have been published at least once a week for two (2) weeks in a newspaper published in or having general circulation in the county in which the crime was committed. The board shall, within thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled hearing, also give notice of the filing of the application for parole to the victim of the offense for which the prisoner is incarcerated and being considered for parole or, in case the offense be homicide, a designee of the immediate family of the victim, provided the victim or designated family member has furnished in writing a current address to the board for such purpose. The victim or designated family member shall be provided an opportunity to be heard by the board before the board makes a decision regarding release on parole. The board shall consider whether any restitution ordered has been paid in full. Parole release shall, at the hearing, be ordered only for the best interest of society, not as an award of clemency; it shall not be considered to be a reduction of sentence or pardon. An offender shall be placed on parole only when arrangements have been made for his proper employment or for his maintenance and care, and when the board believes that he is able and willing to fulfill the obligations of a law-abiding citizen. When the board determines that the offender will need transitional housing upon release in order to improve the likelihood of the offender becoming a law-abiding citizen, the board may parole the offender with the condition that the inmate spends no more than six (6) months in a transitional reentry center. At least fifteen (15) days prior to the release of an offender on parole, the director of records of the department shall give the written notice which is required pursuant to Section 47-5-177 . Every offender while on parole shall remain in the legal custody of the department from which he was released and shall be amenable to the orders of the board. Upon determination by the board that an offender is eligible for release by parole, notice shall also be given within at least fifteen (15) days before release, by the board to the victim of the offense or the victim's family member, as indicated above, regarding the date when the offender's release shall occur, provided a current address of the victim or the victim's family member has been furnished in writing to the board for such purpose.

(3) For any hearing where an offender has been convicted of a crime of violence, as set out under Section 97-3-2 or any offense set out under Section 47-7-3(1)(a) through (g) , the board shall, within thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled hearing, solicit the written or oral recommendations of the Attorney General, the attorney who prosecuted the case, the judge who presided over the case, the chief of police of the municipality where the offender was convicted and the sheriff of the county where the offender was convicted.

(4) The board shall, within thirty (30) days prior to the scheduled hearing, also give written or electronic notice of the filing of the application for parole to the attorney who prosecuted the case, the judge who presided over the case, the chief of police of the municipality where the offender was convicted and the sheriff of the county where the offender was convicted.

(5) If the attorney who prosecuted the case or the judge who presided over the case is not living or serving, solicitation for recommendations under subsection (3) and notice under subsection (4) shall be given to the district attorney and one of the judges of the court in which the offender was convicted.

(6) Failure to provide notice to the victim or the victim's family member of the filing of the application for parole or of any decision made by the board regarding parole shall not constitute grounds for vacating an otherwise lawful parole determination nor shall it create any right or liability, civilly or criminally, against the board or any member thereof.

(7) A letter of protest against granting an offender parole shall not be treated as the conclusive and only reason for not granting parole.

(8) The board may adopt such other rules not inconsistent with law as it may deem proper or necessary with respect to the eligibility of offenders for parole, the conduct of parole hearings, or conditions to be imposed upon parolees, including a condition that the parolee submit, as provided in Section 47-5-601 to any type of breath, saliva or urine chemical analysis test, the purpose of which is to detect the possible presence of alcohol or a substance prohibited or controlled by any law of the State of Mississippi or the United States. The board shall have the authority to adopt rules related to the placement of certain offenders on unsupervised parole and for the operation of transitional reentry centers. However, in no case shall an offender be placed on unsupervised parole before he has served a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the period of supervised parole.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-4-9 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 4-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-4-9
Status: in_force

The board of supervisors of any county, with the approval of the sheriff, may contract, with a private entity for the management, operation and maintenance of a county jail.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-723 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-723
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-723
Status: in_force

Revocation of the conditional advancement of the parole eligibility date is a permissible prison disciplinary action according to the same procedures governing the forfeiture of earned time allowances as a prison disciplinary action.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-721 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-721
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-721
Status: in_force

If at any time during a state of emergency the Governor determines that the continuation of the state of emergency is injurious to the public good or raises the potential of threatening the safety of the public in the state as a whole or in a particular community, he may order the state of emergency terminated.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-701 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-701
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-701
Status: in_force

Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 shall be known and may be cited as the “Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-36.1 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-36.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-36.1
Status: in_force

(1) Any employer of an offender may submit weekly time cards, proof of employment and the results of any required drug tests to the person who supervises an individual placed on parole by the Parole Board or placed on probation by the court in lieu of the meeting requirement described in Section 47-7-36 .

(2) Any employer may withhold an amount from an offender's paycheck sufficient to cover the fees described in Section 47-7-49 and pay the amount to the department monthly.

(3) This section shall not apply to offenders who are self-employed.

(4) The board shall coordinate with the department to promulgate rules and regulations to administer this section.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1103 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-1103
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1103
Status: in_force

As used in Sections 47-5-1101 through 47-5-1123 , unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Corrections.

(b) “Contractor” means any private entity entering into a contractual agreement with the commissioner to provide special needs facilities or correctional services to inmates under the custody of the department.

(c) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.

(d) “Special needs” means an inmate with diminished mental or physical health requiring specialized healthcare facilities or services. This does not include HIV positive inmates.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1511 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1511
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1511
Status: in_force

(1) To the greatest extent practicable, after accounting for security and capacity factors, the Department of Corrections shall place inmates who are parents of minor children within two hundred fifty (250) miles of their permanent address of record.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall promulgate regulations authorizing visitation of inmates who are parents of minor children with low or minimum security classifications by minor dependents, with the minimum following requirements:

(a) Opportunities for dependent children under the age of eighteen (18) to visit their incarcerated parent at least twice per week unless a correctional facility employee has a reasonable belief that the dependent child:

(i) May be harmed during visitation; or

(ii) Poses a security risk due to a gang affiliation, prior conviction or past violation of facility contraband policy.

(b) Eliminating restrictions on the number of dependent children under the age of eighteen (18) that may be permitted visitation privileges.

(c) Authorizing contact visits for inmates who are parents of minor children.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-431 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-431
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-431
Status: in_force

(1) The sheriff may, in his discretion, use any person who has been convicted of a nonviolent felony and who is serving all or any part of his sentence in the county jail to pick up trash along public roads and state highways within the county.

(2) County inmates performing work under this section shall be eligible for earned time credit in the same manner as state inmates. State inmates shall be eligible for earned time credit in the same manner as other inmates confined or detained in state prisons or other state correctional facilities.

(3) Any inmate escaping while participating in the work described herein shall receive an additional five-year sentence.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-54 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-54
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-54
Status: in_force

Employees assigned to the canine unit of the department may, upon request, assist law enforcement agencies by using specially trained dogs in any matter relating to the tracking, discovery or capture of any person in the enforcement of criminal statutes pertaining to the possession, sale or use of narcotics or other dangerous drugs, or in the pursuit of suspected felons and, while so doing, shall have the status of peace officers anywhere in the state and shall have the status of law enforcement officers and peace officers as contemplated by Sections 45-6-3 , 97-3-7 and 97-3-19 .

Employees of the department while performing their officially assigned duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, recapture or arrest of any offender within the jurisdiction of the department or any offender of any jail, penitentiary, public workhouse or overnight lockup of the state or any political subdivision thereof not within the jurisdiction of the department, shall have the status of peace officers anywhere in the state in any matter relating to the custody, control, transportation or recapture of such offender, and shall have the status of law enforcement officers and peace officers as contemplated by Sections 45-6-3 , 97-3-7 and 97-3-19 .

The commissioner may appoint investigators with the Corrections Investigation Division who have been certified by the Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training and who shall be empowered to investigate and enforce all applicable regulations of the department, which are related to the functions and missions of the department, and all laws of the State of Mississippi and who shall be empowered to investigate and enforce all laws of the State of Mississippi in private correctional facilities and regional county correctional facilities. These employees shall have the status of law enforcement officers and peace officers as contemplated by Sections 45-6-3 , 97-3-7 and 97-3-19 .

These officers shall be under the supervision of the commissioner. These officers may perform any service of process required to be performed at any facility owned by the Department of Corrections, at any private correctional facility or at any regional county correctional facility.

The commissioner may promulgate rules regulating the speed of motor vehicles on roads within the grounds of any correctional facility and such restrictions may be enforced by employees of the department by citation or as otherwise prescribed by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-9 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 7 / Section 7-9
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-9
Status: in_force

(1) The circuit judges and county judges in the districts to which Division of Community Corrections personnel have been assigned shall have the power to request of the department transfer or removal of the division personnel from their court.

(2)(a) Division personnel shall investigate all cases referred to them for investigation by the board, the division or by any court in which they are authorized to serve. They shall furnish to each person released under their supervision a written statement of the conditions of probation, parole, earned-release supervision, post-release supervision or suspension and shall instruct the person regarding the same. They shall administer a risk and needs assessment on each person under their supervision to measure criminal risk factors and individual needs. They shall use the results of the risk and needs assessment to guide supervision responses consistent with evidence-based practices as to the level of supervision and the practices used to reduce recidivism. They shall develop a supervision plan for each person assessed as moderate to high risk to reoffend. They shall keep informed concerning the conduct and conditions of persons under their supervision and use all suitable methods that are consistent with evidence-based practices to aid and encourage them and to bring about improvements in their conduct and condition and to reduce the risk of recidivism. They shall keep detailed records of their work and shall make such reports in writing as the court or the board may require.

(b) Division personnel shall complete annual training on evidence-based practices and criminal risk factors, as well as instructions on how to target these factors to reduce recidivism.

(c) The division personnel duly assigned to court districts are hereby vested with all the powers of police officers or sheriffs to make arrests or perform any other duties required of policemen or sheriffs which may be incident to the division personnel responsibilities. All probation and parole officers hired on or after July 1, 1994, will be placed in the Law Enforcement Officers Training Program and will be required to meet the standards outlined by that program.

(d) It is the intention of the Legislature that insofar as practicable the case load of each division personnel supervising offenders in the community (hereinafter field supervisor) shall not exceed the number of cases that may be adequately handled.

(3)(a) Division personnel shall be provided to perform investigation for the court as provided in this subsection. Division personnel shall conduct presentence investigations on all persons convicted of a felony in any circuit court of the state, prior to sentencing and at the request of the circuit court judge of the court of conviction. The presentence evaluation report shall consist of a complete record of the offender's criminal history, educational level, employment history, psychological condition and such other information as the department or judge may deem necessary. Division personnel shall also prepare written victim impact statements at the request of the sentencing judge as provided in Section 99-19-157 .

(b) In order that offenders in the custody of the department on July 1, 1976, may benefit from the kind of evaluations authorized in this section, an evaluation report to consist of the information required hereinabove, supplemented by an examination of an offender's record while in custody, shall be compiled by the division upon all offenders in the custody of the department on July 1, 1976. After a study of such reports by the State Parole Board those cases which the board believes would merit some type of executive clemency shall be submitted by the board to the Governor with its recommendation for the appropriate executive action.

(c) The department is authorized to accept gifts, grants and subsidies to conduct this activity.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-6 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-6
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-6
Status: in_force

(1) The Parole Board, with the assistance of the Department of Corrections, shall collect the following information:

(a) The number of offenders supervised on parole;

(b) The number of offenders released on parole;

(c) The number of parole hearings held;

(d) The parole grant rate for parolees released with and without a hearing;

(e) The average length of time offenders spend on parole;

(f) The number and percentage of parolees revoked for a technical violation and returned for a term of imprisonment in a technical violation center;

(g) The number and percentage of parolees revoked for a technical violation and returned for a term of imprisonment in another type of Department of Corrections' facility;

(h) The number and percentage of parolees who are convicted of a new offense and returned for a term of imprisonment on their current crime as well as the new crime;

(i) The number of parolees held on a violation in county jail awaiting a revocation hearing; and

(j) The average length of stay in a county jail for parolees awaiting a revocation hearing.

(2) The Parole Board shall semiannually report information required in subsection (1) to the Oversight Task Force, and upon request, shall report such information to the PEER Committee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-49 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-49
Status: in_force

Neither the commissioner nor any other employee, save physicians and chaplains not employed for all their time, shall have or engage in any other business during his normal hours of employment that may require his personal attention or time. The Governor, in the case of the commissioner, and the commissioner in the case of any other employee shall receive prior notification and approve outside employment and the respective parties named herein shall punish a violation of this provision by the dismissal of the employee if the offense justifies such dismissal.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1505 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1505
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1505
Status: in_force

(a) “ Restraints ” means any physical or mechanical device used to restrict or control the movement of a prisoner's body, limbs, or both.

(b) “ Body cavity searches ” means invasive searches on inmates, conducted by facility employees in search of contraband.

(c) “ Flight risk ” means an inmate who has shown the desire to escape the facility.

(d) “ Restrictive housing ” means any type of detention that involves:

(i) Removal from the general inmate population, whether voluntary or involuntary; and

(ii) Inability to leave a room or cell for the vast majority of the day.

(e) “ Postpartum recovery ” means the eight-week period, or longer as determined by the healthcare professional responsible for the health and safety of the prisoner.

(f) “ Menstrual hygiene products ” means products that women use during their menstrual cycle. This includes tampons, sanitary napkins and menstrual cups.

(g) “ Indigent ” means an inmate who has less than an average of Sixteen Dollars ($16.00) in her prison account.

(h) “ Correctional facility employee ” refers to anyone who is employed by the facility or the Department of Corrections.

(i) “ State of undress ” refers to a state where a female is partially or fully naked, either in the shower, toilet areas, a medical examination room or having a body cavity search conducted.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1221 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1221
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1221
Status: in_force

A plan shall be developed and certified by the commissioner which demonstrates the method by which the state would resume control of the prison upon contract termination. Such plan shall be submitted for review and comment to law enforcement agencies, the district attorney and circuit judges in the county in which the prison is located.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-717 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-717
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-717
Status: in_force

If sixty (60) days after the declaration of a prison system overcrowding state of emergency or of an additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates the prison system population continues to be in excess of ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity, the Commissioner of Corrections shall report to the Governor indicating whether an additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates is necessary in order to reduce the prison system population to ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity and indicating the amount of any recommended additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates. The recommended amount must be no less than thirty (30) days nor more than ninety (90) days. The report shall include those factors which would tend to indicate that the prison system population is likely to increase above operating capacity within ninety (90) days. The report shall discuss the availability of field supervisors, the currently existing supervision case loads, and the measures that could be taken and the resources that would be needed to provide appropriate supervision of persons released early as a result of an additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-573 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-573
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-573
Status: in_force

(1) In adopting or modifying master plans for correctional work programs, and in the administration of the Department of Corrections, it shall be the objective of the department to develop a logical sequence of vocational training, employment by correctional work programs, and post-release job placement for inmates participating in correctional work programs.

(2) The Department of Corrections shall establish guidelines for the development of correctional work programs.

(3) The needs of the corporation shall be considered by the department when assigning and transferring prisoners to correctional institutions. The following criteria shall be used when assigning and transferring inmates:

(a) Skills of the inmate relevant to the corporation's industries;

(b) Security classification of the inmate relevant to the type of corporation's industry;

(c) Duration of availability of the inmate for employment by the corporation;

(d) Establishment of a concept of potentially rehabilitative inmate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-539 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-539
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-539
Status: in_force

For the purposes of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 , the following terms shall have the following meaning unless the context shall provide otherwise:

(a) “ Chief executive officer ” means the chief executive officer of the corporation established under this chapter.

(b) “ Corporation ” means the private nonprofit corporation which is required to be organized and formed to carry out the provisions of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 regarding prison industries.

(c) “ Department ” means the State Department of Corrections.

(d) “ Inmate ” means any person under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Corrections who is incarcerated within any of the following state, regional or private correctional facilities:

(i) Central Mississippi Correctional Facility;

(ii) Marshall County Correctional Facility;

(iii) Mississippi State Penitentiary;

(iv) Delta Correctional Facility;

(v) Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women;

(vi) South Mississippi Correctional Institution;

(vii) Walnut Grove Correctional Facility;

(viii) Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility;

(ix) Carroll/Montgomery County Regional Correctional Facility;

(x) George/Greene County Correctional Facility;

(xi) Bolivar County Correctional Facility;

(xii) Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility;

(xiii) Holmes/Humphreys County Correctional Facility;

(xiv) Issaquena County Correctional Facility;

(xv) Kemper/Neshoba County Regional Correctional Facility;

(xvi) Jefferson/Franklin County Correctional Facility;

(xvii) Leake County Correctional Facility;

(xviii) Marion/Walthall County Correctional Facility;

(xix) Washington County Regional Correctional Facility;

(xx) Yazoo Regional Correctional Facility;

(xxi) Stone County Correctional Facility;

(xxii) Winston/Choctaw County Correctional Facility;

(xxiii) East Mississippi Correctional Facility; and

(xxiv) Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.

(e) “ Prison industry program ” means any program which is considered to be a part of any prison industry in this state.

(f) “Prison agricultural enterprises” means all agricultural endeavors as defined in Section 47-5-353 .

(g) “ Work initiative ” or “ initiative ” means the program authorized in Section 47-5-579 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-95 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-95
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-95
Status: in_force

The members of the executive department, except the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and judicial departments of the state and members of the Legislature, shall with advance notice to the commissioner be admitted into the correctional system or any facility thereof, and other places where offenders are kept and worked, at all proper hours, for the purpose of observing the conduct thereof, and may hold conversations with the offenders apart from all correctional system officials. Other persons may visit a correctional system facility under such rules and regulations as may be established by the commissioner who shall be liable to the state on his bond for negligence in security and in an amount to be determined by the courts.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1503 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-1503
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1503
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds that:

(a) The number of incarcerated women in the State of Mississippi has increased by a third ( 1 / 3 ) since 2001 and at one point in 2008 the rate had grown by forty-four percent (44%);

(b) Nationally, the number of children under age eighteen (18) with a mother in prison more than doubled since 1991;

(c) Children who grow up with parents in prison are six (6) to seven (7) times more likely to become incarcerated themselves;

(d) Prisoners who maintain close contact with their family members while incarcerated have better post-release outcomes and lower recidivism rates;

(e) Children of inmates who are able to visit their imprisoned parents have increased cognitive skills, improved academic self-esteem, greater self-control and change schools much less often;

(f) To mitigate the collateral impact on families and children, the Department of Corrections should consider the location of family;

(g) Nationally, approximately two thousand (2,000) women give birth while incarcerated each year;

(h) Prenatal care significantly improves outcomes for pregnant women and infants;

(i) Participation in post-delivery mother-infant residency or nursery programs is associated with lower recidivism rates, reduced risk of babies entering foster care, and improved odds that mothers and their babies will remain together after the mother's period of incarceration;

(j) Use of restrictive housing and restraints on incarcerated pregnant women may be extremely dangerous to the health of mothers, fetuses and infants; and

(k) Nationally, eighty-six percent (86%) of women in prison were victims of sexual assault prior to entering the prison system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-565 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-565
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-565
Status: in_force

To carry out the provisions of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 , the provisions of Sections 47-5-301 et seq., and 47-5-501 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972 , the corporation shall authorize the transfer and expending of monies from the Prison Industries Fund.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-315 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-315
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-315
Status: in_force

The articles or products manufactured or produced by penitentiary labor in accordance with the provisions of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 shall be devoted first, to fulfilling the requirements of the commissions, departments, institutions and agencies of this state which are supported in whole or in part by this state; and secondly, to supplying the political subdivisions of this state with such articles and products; and lastly to producing articles and products for sale to the public.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-110.1 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-110.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-110.1
Status: in_force

Whenever an offender in the custody of the Department of Corrections is transferred, upon request, from one (1) facility to another, the offender must pay to the department an amount equal to Forty Cents ($.40) per mile for each mile traveled from the transferor facility to the transferee facility or Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), whichever is greater, to cover the costs of the transfer. An offender may not be required to pay for the costs of any transfer that is initiated by the Department of Corrections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-707 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-707
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-707
Status: in_force

Whenever the prison system population exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity, the Commissioner of Corrections shall immediately notify the Governor and the State Parole Board of this fact. The notice shall include the current prison system population and the prison system operating capacity. A report must be made within ten (10) days after the thirtieth day of operating in excess of ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity. The report shall include the prison system operating capacity, the prison system population during the relevant time period, and may include a recommended specific term of advancement of the parole eligibility dates.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-121 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-121
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-121
Status: in_force

All female offenders shall be kept separate and apart from male offenders. Where practicable, the commissioner shall keep the female offenders within a separate facility from the male offenders, and shall provide reasonable rules and regulations for the government of same.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-545 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-545
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-545
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, after the commissioning and implementation of a marketing feasibility study for any proposed new prison industry, the corporation may establish such prison industry. Before any new industry is established, the corporation shall hold a hearing to determine the impact such industry may have on the private sector market. The corporation shall provide adequate and advance notice regarding the nature, time, date and place of such hearing. After the hearing which is required under this section, the corporation may commence negotiations with the State Department of Corrections, with the Secretary of State, or his designee, serving as a mediator, regarding the leasing of land and other chattels for the purpose of establishing any new industry.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-23 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-23
Status: in_force

The department shall be vested with the exclusive responsibility for management and control of the correctional system, and all properties belonging thereto, subject only to the limitations of this chapter, and shall be responsible for the management of affairs of the correctional system and for the proper care, treatment, feeding, clothing and management of the offenders confined therein. The commissioner shall have final authority to employ and discharge all employees of the correctional system, except as otherwise provided by law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-415 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-415
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-415
Status: in_force

The sheriff, in the case of county inmates and state inmates incarcerated in county jails, and the Commissioner of Corrections, in the case of state inmates incarcerated in a Mississippi Department of Corrections facility, may institute a procedure for granting passes and leaves to inmates participating under Sections 47-5-401 through 47-5-421 , and may grant such passes or leaves in deserving cases, not to exceed three (3) days or seventy-two (72) hours.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-719 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-719
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-719
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the report from the Commissioner of Corrections as provided in Section 47-5-717 , the Governor has the power to:

(a) Determine to be in error any conclusion of the Commissioner of Corrections that an additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates is necessary in order for the prison system population to be reduced to ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity, in which case no additional advancements of the parole eligibility dates shall occur;

(b) Determine that the ordering of additional advancements of the parole eligibility dates would be injurious to the public good or raises the potential of threatening the safety of the public in the state as a whole or in a particular community, in which case no additional advancement of parole eligibility dates shall occur; or

(c) Determine that an additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates is necessary in order for the prison system population to be reduced to ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity and order additional advancements specifying the amount of additional advancements, which shall be at least thirty (30) and not more than ninety (90) days.

If fourteen (14) days after the receipt of the report to the Governor pursuant to Section 47-5-717 including a determination of the Commissioner of Corrections that an additional advancement of the parole eligibility dates is not necessary in order for the prison system population to be reduced to ninety-five percent (95%) of operating capacity the Governor has not exercised the power provided in paragraph (c) of this section, action initiated under Section 47-5-717 is considered terminated.

If the Governor exercises a power provided under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, he shall state the reasons for the exercise of such power in the notification of his action to the Commissioner of Corrections and the State Parole Board.

If the Governor orders additional advancements of the parole eligibility dates under this section, the amount of advancement of the parole eligibility dates must be as ordered by the Governor.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-64 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-64
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-64
Status: reserved

(1) The commissioner is hereby directed to determine the number of acres and location of land under the department's jurisdiction that are needed for security purposes, for Prison Agricultural Enterprises and for nonagricultural purposes. The commissioner shall designate and reserve such additional land for agricultural or nonagricultural enterprise projects of the department, as he deems necessary. The commissioner shall then recommend to the Department of Finance and Administration the number of acres of department land that should be leased to private entities and the term of the leases.

(2) The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to lease for agricultural purposes that Penitentiary land so recommended for not less than three (3) nor more than eight (8) years, with the approval of the Public Procurement Review Board.

(3) The Department of Finance and Administration, with the approval of the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections, is authorized to lease Penitentiary land for power generation projects or other commercial or industrial projects at the same time that it leases the land as prescribed in subsection (2) of this section. The Department of Finance and Administration is authorized to negotiate all aspects of leases or related agreements executed under this subsection consistent with the following:

(a) The period of the lease term combined with the term of renewal shall not exceed forty (40) years.

(b) Any lease or renewal lease shall:

(i) Provide for periodic rent adjustments throughout the term of the lease; and

(ii) Require the lessee to provide a decommissioning and restoration bond or other security securing the lessee's obligation to remove all aboveground and underground facilities to a depth of at least three (3) feet underground and to restore the surface to a condition similar to its condition before the commencement of the lease.

(c) Any lease or renewal lease may provide for any combination of the following: base rent, bonuses, percentage of income payments, royalty payments or other terms and conditions that the Department of Finance and Administration deems necessary to maintain a fair and equitable return to the state and to protect the leased land throughout the term of the lease or renewal lease.

(d) Oil, gas and mineral rights in the leased land shall be reserved to the State of Mississippi.

(e) This subsection does not authorize the sale or transfer of title to any state lands.

(f) The Department of Finance and Administration may charge fees and expenses, not to exceed costs, incurred in administering this subsection.

(g) Any monies derived from leasing lands under this subsection shall be deposited to the Prison Agricultural Enterprise Fund as provided in Section 47-5-66 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-13 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-13
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-13
Status: in_force

A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. A decision to parole an offender convicted of murder or a sex-related crime shall require the affirmative vote of three (3) members. The board shall maintain, in minute book form, a copy of each of its official actions with the reasons therefor. Suitable and sufficient office space and support resources and staff necessary to conducting Parole Board business shall be provided by the Department of Corrections. However, the principal place for conducting parole hearings shall be the state penitentiary at Parchman.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-63 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 1-63
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-63
Status: in_force

No person shall be deemed to be a resident of a county solely because of being incarcerated in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections that is located in such county.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-38.1 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-38.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-38.1
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Corrections shall establish technical violation centers to detain probation and parole violators revoked by the court or parole board.

(2) The department shall place an offender in a violation center for a technical violation as ordered by the board pursuant to Section 47-7-27 and the sentencing court pursuant to Section 47-7-37 .

(3) The violation centers shall be equipped to address the underlying factors that led to the offender's violation as identified based on the results of a risk and needs assessment. At a minimum each violation center shall include substance abuse services shown to reduce recidivism and a reduction in the use of illicit substances or alcohol, education programs, employment preparation and training programs and behavioral programs.

(4) As required by Section 47-5-20(b) , the department shall notify, by certified mail, each member of the board of supervisors of the county in which the violation center shall be located of the department's intent to convert an existing department facility to a technical violation center.

(5) The department shall establish rules and regulations for the implementation and operation of the technical violation centers.

(6) The Department of Corrections shall provide to the Oversight Task Force semiannually the average daily population of the technical violation centers, the number of admissions to the technical violation centers, and the average time served in the technical violation centers.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-132 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-132
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-132
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other powers and duties of the Commissioner of Corrections, the commissioner is authorized to study and develop a plan for rotating bed space, known in military terms as “hot racking,” for adult offenders committed to the Department of Corrections. The plan, as determined by the commissioner, may include rotating shifts of labor, training and sleep.

(2) In addition, the commissioner may:

(a) In his discretion as he deems necessary to address emergency overcrowding situations, utilize military-style temporary housing facilities and infrastructure, for the incarceration of adult offenders committed to the department. Such facilities shall include tents or other temporary structures, any necessary ditches for drainage purposes, any temporary infrastructure and any other improvement or accompaniment to such structures. All such facilities shall be constructed as much as possible by adult offenders in the custody of the Department of Corrections, possessing the minimum constructions skills necessary.

(b) In his discretion, require that any bed in the state correctional system shall be converted to a bunk bed, in order that a space occupied by a bed will consist of a bed on top of a bed, which shall be known as “double-bunking.”
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-175 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 5-175
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-175
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Corrections, with the concurrence of the Governor, is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with appropriate federal agencies to provide housing and incarceration of persons convicted by the courts of Mississippi and sentenced to the Mississippi Department of Corrections by such courts under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed if a determination is made that the best interest of the State of Mississippi would be served by making such transfer.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-143 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 5-143
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-143
Status: in_force

For purposes of this section and Section 47-5-145 , the following words shall have the meanings ascribed herein unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “ Change of name petition ” means a petition to change the legal name of an individual.

(b) “ Offender ” means any physically incarcerated person convicted of a crime or offense under the laws and ordinances of the state and its political subdivisions or the laws and regulations of the federal government.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-577 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-577
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-577
Status: repealed

Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 , which create the Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990, shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2027.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1509 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-1509
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1509
Status: in_force

(1) No restraints shall be used on any female inmate who has given birth within the last thirty (30) days and is in postpartum recovery, unless the Department of Corrections has a reasonable belief that the female inmate will harm herself, her newborn, or any other person, or pose a substantial flight risk. In such case, the facility employee ordering use of restraints on any inmate while in postpartum recovery shall submit a written report to the warden of the facility within seventy-two (72) hours following the use of restraints, containing the justification for restraining the female inmate during postpartum recovery.

(2) Following the delivery of a newborn, by an inmate, the Department of Corrections shall permit the newborn to remain with the mother for seventy-two (72) hours unless the medical provider has a reasonable belief that remaining with the mother poses a health or safety risk to the newborn.

(3) During that time, the Department of Corrections shall make available the necessary nutritional and hygiene products, including diapers, to care for the newborn.

(4) If the female inmate qualifies as indigent, such products shall be provided without cost to the inmate.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-34 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-34
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-34
Status: in_force

(1) When a court imposes a sentence upon a conviction for any felony committed after June 30, 1995, the court, in addition to any other punishment imposed if the other punishment includes a term of incarceration in a state or local correctional facility, may impose a term of post-release supervision. However, the total number of years of incarceration plus the total number of years of post-release supervision shall not exceed the maximum sentence authorized to be imposed by law for the felony committed. The defendant shall be placed under post-release supervision upon release from the term of incarceration. The period of supervision shall be established by the court.

(2) The period of post-release supervision shall be conducted in the same manner as a like period of supervised probation, including a requirement that the defendant shall abide by any terms and conditions as the court may establish. Failure to successfully abide by the terms and conditions shall be grounds to terminate the period of post-release supervision and to recommit the defendant to the correctional facility from which he was previously released. Procedures for termination and recommitment shall be conducted in the same manner as procedures for the revocation of probation and imposition of a suspended sentence as required pursuant to Section 47-7-37 .

(3) Post-release supervision programs shall be operated through the probation and parole unit of the Division of Community Corrections of the department. The maximum amount of time that the Mississippi Department of Corrections may supervise an offender on the post-release supervision program is five (5) years.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-311 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-311
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-311
Status: in_force

The State Department of Corrections shall cause to be prepared, at such times as it may determine, catalogues containing an accurate and complete description of all articles and products manufactured or produced by it pursuant to the provisions of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 . Copies of such catalogues shall be sent to all commissions, departments, institutions and agencies of this state and made accessible to all political subdivisions of this state referred to in the preceding sections.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1014 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-1014
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1014
Status: in_force

(1) Participants who have been in the intensive supervision program since July 1, 2004, whether placed into the program before or after July 1, 2004, shall pay a Fifty Dollar ($50.00) monthly supervision fee to the Mississippi Department of Corrections for their supervision from July 1, 2004, or from the date the participant entered the program after July 1, 2004, until completion of the program, or April 6, 2005, or whichever occurs first. From and after April 6, 2005, all participants of the intensive supervision program shall pay the fee as established in Section 47-5-1013 .

(2) The Department of Corrections shall use its best effort to collect the monthly supervision fees in arrearage under this section.

(3) A participant's failure to pay the monthly fees in arrearage shall not be deemed a violation of a condition of the program, and the participant shall not be removed from the program for failure to pay the monthly fees in arrearage.

(4) This section shall not apply to any fees incurred after April 6, 2005.

(5) Any arrearage remaining under this section at the end of the offender's participation in the program shall automatically be reduced to a civil judgment and upon notice by the Department of Corrections shall be recorded with the circuit court clerk in the county wherein the participant resides. The Department of Corrections and/or the district attorney shall use best efforts to collect the judgment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-467 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-467
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-467
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Corrections may designate any employee of the department to do and perform for the department any act or function which Sections 47-5-451 through 47-5-469 empower the department to do or perform.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-911 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-911
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-911
Status: repealed

Sections 47-5-901 through 47-5-911 shall stand repealed on July 1, 2027.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-4-7 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 4-7
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-4-7
Status: in_force

(1) All private guards and jailers at private or public facilities shall have the same authority, power and jurisdiction as contractor's employees under the Special Needs Prison Program of 1994, if they meet the minimum training requirements for state employees performing similar duties at public correctional and detention facilities.

(2) Any inmate or person confined in a facility as provided for under subsection (1) of this section who escapes or attempts to escape from any such facility, and any person who aids or assists in such escape or attempted escape, shall be subject to the penalties as prescribed in Sections 97-9-25 through 97-9-49 . Any guard or jailer at any such facility shall be authorized to pursue and assist in the capture of any such escapee.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-49 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 5 / Section 7-49
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-49
Status: repealed

(1) Any offender on probation, parole, earned-release supervision, post-release supervision, earned probation or any other offender under the field supervision of the Community Services Division of the department shall pay to the department the sum of Fifty-five Dollars ($55.00) per month by certified check or money order unless a hardship waiver is granted. An offender shall make the initial payment within sixty (60) days after being released from imprisonment unless a hardship waiver is granted. A hardship waiver may be granted by the sentencing court or the Department of Corrections. A hardship waiver may not be granted for a period of time exceeding ninety (90) days. The commissioner or his designee shall deposit Fifty Dollars ($50.00) of each payment received into a special fund in the State Treasury, which is hereby created, to be known as the Community Service Revolving Fund. Expenditures from this fund shall be made for: (a) the establishment of restitution and satellite centers; and (b) the establishment, administration and operation of the department's Drug Identification Program and the intensive and field supervision program. The Fifty Dollars ($50.00) may be used for salaries and to purchase equipment, supplies and vehicles to be used by the Community Services Division in the performance of its duties. Expenditures for the purposes established in this section may be made from the fund upon requisition by the commissioner, or his designee.

Of the remaining amount, Three Dollars ($3.00) of each payment shall be deposited into the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund created in Section 99-41-29 , and Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be deposited into the Training Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 47-7-51 . When a person is convicted of a felony in this state, in addition to any other sentence it may impose, the court may, in its discretion, order the offender to pay a state assessment not to exceed the greater of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or the maximum fine that may be imposed for the offense, into the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund created pursuant to Section 99-41-29 .

Any federal funds made available to the department for training or for training facilities, equipment or services shall be deposited into the Correctional Training Revolving Fund created in Section 47-7-51 . The funds deposited in this account shall be used to support an expansion of the department's training program to include the renovation of facilities for training purposes, purchase of equipment and contracting of training services with community colleges in the state.

No offender shall be required to make this payment for a period of time longer than ten (10) years.

(2) The offender may be imprisoned until the payments are made if the offender is financially able to make the payments and the court in the county where the offender resides so finds, subject to the limitations hereinafter set out. The offender shall not be imprisoned if the offender is financially unable to make the payments and so states to the court in writing, under oath, and the court so finds.

(3) An offender's responsibilities under this section may be satisfied by an offender's employer under Section 47-7-36.1(2) .

(4) This section shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2026.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1503 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-1503
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1503
Status: in_force

The Legislature of the State of Mississippi finds that:

(a) The number of incarcerated women in the State of Mississippi has increased by a third ( 1 / 3 ) since 2001 and at one point in 2008 the rate had grown by forty-four percent (44%);

(b) Nationally, the number of children under age eighteen (18) with a mother in prison more than doubled since 1991;

(c) Children who grow up with parents in prison are six (6) to seven (7) times more likely to become incarcerated themselves;

(d) Prisoners who maintain close contact with their family members while incarcerated have better post-release outcomes and lower recidivism rates;

(e) Children of inmates who are able to visit their imprisoned parents have increased cognitive skills, improved academic self-esteem, greater self-control and change schools much less often;

(f) To mitigate the collateral impact on families and children, the Department of Corrections should consider the location of family;

(g) Nationally, approximately two thousand (2,000) women give birth while incarcerated each year;

(h) Prenatal care significantly improves outcomes for pregnant women and infants;

(i) Participation in post-delivery mother-infant residency or nursery programs is associated with lower recidivism rates, reduced risk of babies entering foster care, and improved odds that mothers and their babies will remain together after the mother's period of incarceration;

(j) Use of restrictive housing and restraints on incarcerated pregnant women may be extremely dangerous to the health of mothers, fetuses and infants; and

(k) Nationally, eighty-six percent (86%) of women in prison were victims of sexual assault prior to entering the prison system.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-23 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-23
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-23
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Department of Corrections shall have the power and duty to make rules for the conduct of persons heretofore or hereafter placed on parole under the supervision of the Department of Corrections and for the investigation and supervision of such persons, which supervision may include a condition that such persons submit, as provided in Section 47-5-601 , to any type of breath, saliva or urine chemical analysis test, the purpose of which is to detect the possible presence of alcohol or a substance prohibited or controlled by any law of the State of Mississippi or the United States. The department shall not make any rules which shall be inconsistent with the rules imposed by the State Parole Board pursuant to Section 47-7-17 on offenders who are placed on unsupervised parole.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-43 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-43
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-43
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter are hereby extended to all persons who, at the effective date thereof, may be on parole, or eligible to be placed on parole under existing laws, with the same force and effect as if this chapter had been in operation at the time such persons were placed on parole or become eligible to be placed thereon, as the case may be.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-713 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-713
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-713
Status: in_force

Upon the declaration of a state of emergency, the parole eligibility dates of qualified inmates shall be conditionally advanced. The amount of advancement of parole eligibility dates must be specified in the declaration by the Governor. When the state of emergency has been terminated, the parole eligibility dates which were conditionally advanced shall be reset to the parole eligibility date set prior to the emergency for those inmates who were not released on parole under the provisions of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 .
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1011 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-1011
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1011
Status: in_force

(1) Before entering an order for commitment for electronic house arrest, the department shall inform the participant and other persons residing in the home of the nature and extent of the approved electronic monitoring devices by doing the following:

(a) Securing the written consent of the participant in the program to comply with the rules and regulations of the program.

(b) Advising adult persons residing in the home of the participant at the time an order or commitment for electronic house arrest is entered and asking such persons to acknowledge the nature and extent of approved electronic monitoring devices.

(c) Insuring that the approved electronic devices are minimally intrusive upon the privacy of other persons residing in the home while remaining in compliance with Sections 47-5-1001 through 47-5-1015 .

(2) The participant shall be responsible for the cost of equipment and any damage to such equipment. Any intentional damage, any attempt to defeat monitoring, any committing of a criminal offense or any associating with felons or known criminals, shall constitute a violation of the program.

(3) Any person whose residence is utilized in the program shall agree to keep the home drug and alcohol free and to exclude known felons and criminals in order to provide a noncriminal environment.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-178 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 5-178
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-178
Status: in_force

The Department of Corrections is authorized to provide for hospice care services for inmates who are confined in facilities under the jurisdiction of the department and who are terminally ill as defined in Section 41-85-3 . The department may have those hospice care services provided by properly qualified employees of the department or may contract for the providing of the hospice care services. If the department provides the hospice care services with department employees, the department is not required to have a license under the Mississippi Hospice Law.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-313 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 1 / Section 5-313
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-313
Status: in_force

At least thirty (30) days before the beginning of each fiscal year, the State Fiscal Management Board shall provide to the State Department of Corrections, summary reports of the kind and amount of articles and products purchased for state commissions, departments, institutions, agencies and political subdivisions based upon the previous nine (9) months' experience. Not more than one hundred (100) days following the close of each fiscal year, the State Fiscal Management Board shall submit to the State Department of Corrections a report showing the kinds and amounts of such penitentiary-manufactured articles purchased by all state commissions, departments, institutions, agencies and political subdivisions based upon the purchase experience of the entire previous fiscal year. All such reports shall refer, insofar as possible, to the items or products contained in the catalogue as issued by the State Department of Corrections. The State Fiscal Management Board may at any time request the State Department of Corrections to manufacture or produce additional articles or products.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-37.1 — MS Code / Title 47 / Chapter 4 / Section 7-37.1
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-7-37.1
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence, that a probationer or a person under post-release supervision has committed a felony or absconded, the court may revoke his probation and impose any or all of the sentence. For purposes of this section, “ absconding from supervision ” means the failure of a probationer to report to his supervising officer for six (6) or more consecutive months.