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Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-45 - Board of supervisors may agree with municipalities of the county on terms of working municipal convicts

The board of supervisors of each county is authorized to make contract with any village or small town within the county to work its convicts on the county farm. But in agreeing to take and work such convicts the board of supervisors shall not agree to pay more per day for the labor of any municipal convict than in its judgment the labor of such convict is worth to the county, in order that in the working of such municipal convicts the county shall not do so at a loss to the county.
Codes, 1880, § 3185; 1892, § 813; 1906, § 869; Hemingway's 1917, § 4029; 1930, § 4070; 1942, § 7911; Laws, 1918, ch. 154.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-47 - Credit allowed for labor of convicts; treatment

(1)
Every county or municipal convict shall be comfortably clothed at the expense of the county or municipality, but all clothing furnished shall remain the property of the county or municipality, and shall be thoroughly fumigated and disinfected before being allotted to a convict after having been used by another, and every convict shall be sufficiently fed, to maintain his body and induce his good health, with substantial and suitable food to be furnished and prepared and paid for by the county or municipality. Every convict, for each day's work he is required to do, shall receive credit on his fine and costs assessed against him at the rate provided under Section
99-19-20
, until such fine and costs are fully paid. In case the convict is serving a sentence of imprisonment, each day that he works in serving such sentence shall entitle him credit for equal time on his sentence of imprisonment, but in no instance shall a convict receive credit on the fine and costs and on the time sentenced to imprisonment for the same work. No convict shall be allowed to labor more than eight (8) hours per day, but shall be required, when able, to perform eight (8) hours labor each day.
(2)
If a convict is unable to work or if the county or the municipality is unable to provide work for the convict, the convict shall receive the credit provided in Section
99-19-20
for each day of imprisonment.
Codes, 1892, § 786; 1906, § 845; Hemingway's 1917, § 4020; 1930, § 4065; 1942, § 7906; Laws, 1908, ch. 109; Laws, 1954, ch. 243; Laws, 1979, ch. 501, § 2; Laws, 2010, ch. 492, § 3, eff. 4/7/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-49 - Control over jails owned jointly by municipalities and counties

In the case of a jail owned jointly by a county and municipality, under the provisions of Section
17-5-1
, the governing authorities of the county and municipality are hereby vested with full and complete authority, jurisdiction and control over such jointly owned jail facility and the governing authority of the municipality may appoint a jailer who shall be responsible for all municipal prisoners lodged in said jail in the same manner in which the sheriff is responsible for state prisoners, and such jailer shall have the same right of access to the jail as the sheriff.
Codes, 1857, ch. 6, art. 136; 1871, § 242; 1880, § 342; 1892, § 4132; 1906, § 4684; Hemingway's 1917, § 3101; 1930, § 3331; 1942, § 4256; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 1, eff. 5/6/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-51 - Jointly owned jails; jail supplies

The jailer of a jail jointly owned by a county and a municipality shall, in regard to municipal prisoners, provide daily wholesome and sufficient food and drink, fire and lights when necessary and proper, and sufficient and clean bedding for all such prisoners committed to the jail, either before or after conviction. Any prisoner may, if he thinks fit, supply himself with meat and drink and bedding, but the same shall pass through the hands of the jailer to the prisoner.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art. 3 (15); 1857, ch. 6, art. 131; 1871, § 237; 1880, § 343; 1892, § 4136; 1906, § 4687; Hemingway's 1917, § 3104; 1930, § 3334; 1942, § 4259; Laws, 1896, p. 153; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 552, § 2, eff. 4/29/1968.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-55 - Jointly owned jails; guards

In the case of a jail jointly owned by a county and a municipality, the circuit judge in the district in which such jail is located, upon the request and recommendation of either the sheriff of the county or the marshal or chief of police of the municipality involved in the joint ownership, may authorize additional jail guards in cases of emergency and the cost thereof shall be paid in equal proportions by the county and municipality involved.
Codes, Hutchinsons's 1848, ch. 28, art. 6(31); 1857, ch. 6, art. 135; 1871, § 241; 1880, § 344; 1892, § 4138; 1906, § 4689; Hemingway's 1917, § 3106; 1930, § 3336; 1942, § 4261; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 4, eff. 5/6/1966.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-57 - Furnishing of medical aid to prisoners; nurse screening for county prisoner for nonemergency medical complaints

(1)
When any person confined in jail shall be in need of medical or surgical aid, the sheriff shall immediately examine the condition of such prisoner and, if he is of the opinion that the prisoner needs such aid, he shall call in a nurse or physician to attend him. If the prisoner be unable to pay the cost, the account of the nurse or physician, when allowed and certified as required in respect to accounts of sheriffs for keeping prisoners, shall be paid, in like manner, out of the treasury of the county in which a prisoner is charged with the crime for which he is imprisoned. The board of supervisors may contract with a physician for the jail by the year.
(2)
The board of supervisors of any county may authorize the sheriff to establish a program under which prisoners expressing the need for non-emergency medical attention will have access to a registered nurse who will evaluate their condition and determine the necessity for treatment by a physician. Charges for such a visit with a registered nurse shall be paid by the prisoner by deductions made by the sheriff out of any funds of the prisoner held by the sheriff or in any other manner satisfactory to the sheriff; however, such prisoner shall not be required to pay out of funds of the prisoner held by the sheriff, more than Ten Dollars ($10.00) per visit. If the prisoner is unable to pay the cost, the cost shall be paid out of the county treasury in the same manner as provided for payment of other medical costs in subsection (1) of this section.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art. 8; 1857, ch. 6, art. 132; 1871, § 238; 1880, § 345; 1892, § 4139; 1906, § 4690; Hemingway's 1917, § 3107; 1930, § 3337; 1942, § 4262; Laws, 1940, ch. 262; Laws, 1956, ch. 194; Laws, 1994, ch. 642, § 1, eff. 4/8/1994.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-59 - Hospitalization of prisoners; expenses

(1)
When the sheriff, marshal or any other peace officer of this state has in his lawful custody a prisoner who, through accident, injury or illness, is in need of hospitalization, such officer may take such prisoner to the nearest hospital in the county or if there be no hospital in that county, to the nearest hospital in an adjacent county and if upon arrival at such hospital any physician licensed to practice medicine in this state certifies that in his opinion such prisoner is in need of hospitalization, such prisoner shall be hospitalized in such hospital for as long as in the opinion of such physician it is necessary to so hospitalize such prisoner. If, in the opinion of the sheriff or other peace officer having custody of such prisoner at the time he is delivered to the aforesaid hospital, or in the opinion of the director of the university hospital if the prisoner be brought to that institution, it is necessary that he be placed under guard while a patient at such hospital, the sheriff of the county in which the crime he was placed in custody for committing was alleged to have taken place, shall furnish the aforesaid guard. When the aforesaid physician or other reputable physician shall certify that hospitalization no longer is needed, the prisoner shall be returned to the original place of detention.
(2)
The actual expense of guarding the prisoner in the hospital shall be paid out of the general funds of the county where the prisoner was originally confined or arrested. The expense contracted incident to the hospitalization aforesaid shall be paid by the prisoner; otherwise he may be hospitalized as a state aid patient. However, if the prisoner is ineligible for state aid or the amount available for hospitalization as a state aid patient is inadequate to pay all such hospital expense of a prisoner who is financially unable to pay his own expenses, the board of supervisors of the county where the prisoner was originally confined or arrested shall, upon presentation of the certificate of the physician certifying that said prisoner was in need of hospitalization, pay from the general funds of the county the reasonable and customary charges for such services or as much thereof as is not paid by state aid. Any such payment to a hospital shall be discretionary with the board of supervisors if its county supports the hospital involved by a special tax levy for its operation and maintenance.
Codes, 1942, § 4262.5; Laws, 1954, ch. 245, §§ 1, 2; Laws, 1956, ch. 310; Laws, 1964, ch. 369, § 1; Laws, 1966, ch. 370, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 401, § 1, eff. 3/23/1971.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-61 - Penalty for failure to discharge convict

Any sheriff or other person having lawful custody of any convict who shall fail to discharge such convict when he shall have served the full time of his sentence and fully paid his fine and the costs charged against him, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished accordingly.
Codes, 1892, § 807; 1906, § 863; Hemingway's 1917, § 4028; 1930, § 4078; 1942, § 7919; Laws, 1908, ch. 109.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 1 - COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL PRISONS AND PRISONERS (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-1-63) › Section 47-1-63 - Residency of prisoner as affected by incarceration in facility of Department of Corrections

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.
Laws, 1991, ch. 440, § 3, eff. 5/1/1992 (the date the United States Attorney General interposed no objection to the addition of this section).
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 3 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (§§ 47-3-1 — 47-3-11) › Section 47-3-1 - Removal to jail of another county

When the accused is not entitled to bail, or where he fails to give bail, and there is no county jail or the jail of the county in which the offense is committed, or where the case stands for trial is, in the opinion of the committing officer or of the court having jurisdiction of the case or of the presiding judge, insufficient for the accommodation of the prisoners, or where the judge having jurisdiction of the case shall think it expedient, on grounds of public policy, so to do, it shall be the duty of the officer of the court, or circuit judge, to make an order for the removal of the accused to a convenient and safe jail of some convenient county, there to be kept until the court shall sit for the trial of the accused. It shall be the duty of the sheriff of the county to which the prisoner is so removed, to receive and safely keep him, according to the order of the court or officer having jurisdiction thereof; and it shall further be the duty of said sheriff to have the body of the accused, without further order, before the proper court of the proper county, at its next term thereafter, on the first day of the term, unless he shall have been discharged by due course of law. The county in which the offense is committed, or where the case stands for trial, shall pay all the expenses of such removal and safekeeping and return of the accused for trial.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 65, art. 2(76); 1857, ch. 64, art. 290; 1871, § 2790; 1880, § 3052; 1892, § 1403; 1906, § 1476; Hemingway's 1917, § 1234; 1930, § 1256; 1942, § 2499; Laws, 1964, ch. 355; Laws, 1973, ch. 319, § 1, eff. 3/14/1973.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 3 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (§§ 47-3-1 — 47-3-11) › Section 47-3-3 - No removal after commitment

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.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 65, art. 1(17); 1857, ch. 48, art. 9; 1871, § 1408; 1880, § 3053; 1892, § 1404; 1906, § 1477; Hemingway's 1917, § 1235; 1930, § 1257; 1942, § 2500.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 3 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (§§ 47-3-1 — 47-3-11) › Section 47-3-5 - Removal to place where convicts may be worked

It shall be unlawful for any officer, convict manager, or other person to remove any convict to the state farm, county farm, road or other place where convicts may be worked before the expiration of five (5) days from the date of conviction, unless said convict may express himself so ready to go at an earlier date and such consent be entered on the minutes by order of the court. Any officer or other person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) or more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not less than thirty (30) days or more than six (6) months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp, §§ 1142g, 1142h; 1930, § 1258; 1942, § 2501; Laws, 1918, ch. 245; Laws, 1920, ch. 328.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 3 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (§§ 47-3-1 — 47-3-11) › Section 47-3-7 - Removal in case of infectious or contagious disease

If any infectious or contagious disease shall appear in the vicinity of any jail, or if the appearance of such disease be apprehended, the board of supervisors of the county, or, if it should not meet in time, the sheriff of the county, with the concurrence of two (2) members of such board, or of a circuit judge or chancellor, expressed in writing, may cause the prisoners confined in such jail to be removed to some suitable place of security, for safekeeping, until the threatened danger shall be over, when they shall be returned to the jail.
Codes, 1880, § 3054; 1892, § 1405; 1906, § 1478; Hemingway's 1917, § 1236; 1930, § 1259; 1942, § 2502.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 3 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (§§ 47-3-1 — 47-3-11) › Section 47-3-9 - Removal in case of infectious or contagious disease; place where prisoners may be taken

Removal of prisoners pursuant to Section
47-3-7
may be to some place in the county, or to the jail of another county. The jailer of such other county shall receive the prisoners and keep them safely, and surrender them when called for by the authority of the sheriff of the county from which they were removed. All the expenses of any such removal of prisoners and their imprisonment anywhere else, shall be borne by the county chargeable with the expense of imprisonment and trial of prisoners.
Codes, 1880, § 3055; 1892, § 1406; 1906, § 1479; Hemingway's 1917, § 1237; 1930, § 1260; 1942, § 2503.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 3 - REMOVAL OF PRISONERS (§§ 47-3-1 — 47-3-11) › Section 47-3-11 - Transfer of convicted foreign national to country of citizenship

When a treaty is in effect between the United States of America and a foreign country providing for the transfer of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor, on behalf of the State of Mississippi, is authorized, subject to the terms of the treaty, to consent to the transfer of the convicted offender. The Governor is authorized to develop any policies and procedures which may be necessary to carry out the mandates of this section.
Laws, 2001, ch. 442, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 4 - PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 47-4-1 — 47-4-11) › Section 47-4-5 - Agreements with private sources to operate juvenile detention centers

Any local unit of government, or any local unit of government in cooperation with other local units of government, may enter into agreements with private sources for the operation and supervision of juvenile detention centers.
Laws, 1992, ch. 537, § 3, eff. 5/14/1992.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 4 - PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 47-4-1 — 47-4-11) › Section 47-4-7 - Authority, power and jurisdiction of private guards and jailers; escapees; penalties; pursuit and capture

(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.
Laws, 1998, ch. 581, § 3, eff. 4/17/1998.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 4 - PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 47-4-1 — 47-4-11) › Section 47-4-9 - County may contract with private entity for operation of county jail

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.
Laws, 2004, ch. 540, § 2, eff. 5/13/2004.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 4 - PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES (§§ 47-4-1 — 47-4-11) › Section 47-4-11 - Amendment, extension and/or renewal of certain agreements in connection with private correctional facilities

In order for the Mississippi Department of Corrections to manage funds budgeted and allocated in its Contractual Services budget category, the commissioner of the department shall have the authority to amend, extend and/or renew the term of any lease agreement or any inmate housing agreement in connection with a private correctional facility. Notwithstanding any statutory limits to the contrary, such amendment, extension and/or renewal may be for a length of time up to and including ten (10) years as is necessary for the continued operations of such facilities and implementation of the department's duties and responsibilities in accordance with Title 47 of the Mississippi Code of 1972, as amended.
Laws, 2010, ch. 490, § 2, eff. 4/7/2010.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-1 - Policy of state in operation and management of correctional system; independent internal examinations

It shall be the policy of this state, in the operation and management of the correctional system, to so manage and conduct the same in that manner as will be consistent with the operation of a modern correctional system and with the view of making the system self-sustaining. Those convicted of violating the law and sentenced to a term in the state correctional system shall have humane treatment, and be given opportunity, encouragement and training in the manner of reformation.
It shall be the policy of this state that the correctional system shall be operated and managed in the most efficient and economical manner possible. The Mississippi Department of Corrections shall so manage and operate the correctional system in that manner in order to make the system self-sustaining and to conserve state general fund revenues. The Mississippi Department of Corrections shall provide leadership to bring about the earliest possible construction of satisfactory prison inmate facilities, and shall utilize existing state resources, including inmates for prison construction labor, when and wherever practicable, in order to minimize the need for state general funds for prison construction.
It shall be the policy of this state that periodic independent internal investigations of the department shall be conducted to ensure the implementation of state correctional policies.
Codes, 1942, § 7921; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 1; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 2; Laws, 1995, ch. 416, § 1, eff. 3/15/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-2 - Corrections Investigative Taskforce created

(1)
There is hereby created the Corrections Investigative Taskforce which shall consist of the following members: the Attorney General; State Auditor; the Chief Executive Officer of the Bureau of Narcotics, or his designee; the Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Public Safety, or his designee; the Chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee and the Chairman of the House Penitentiary Committee.
(2)
The taskforce shall:
(a)
Conduct or cause to be conducted periodic investigation of the Department of Corrections;
(b)
Study and make recommendations on correctional policies, including, but not limited to:
(i)
Drug trafficking;
(ii)
Inmate gang activity;
(iii)
Internal accounting and control procedures; and
(iv)
Correction services and programs.
(c)
Request assistance from the Department of Audit, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Narcotics and any other state agency. Any state agency shall comply with a request for assistance to the fullest extent possible.
(3)
The taskforce shall submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature no later than January 15 of each year.
Laws, 1995, ch. 416, § 3, eff. 3/15/1995.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-3 - Facilities of the correctional system; their purposes and locations

The plantation known as Parchman owned by the state in Sunflower and Quitman Counties, and in such other places as are now or may be hereafter owned or operated by the state for correctional purposes shall constitute the facilities of the correctional system for the custody, punishment, confinement at hard labor and reformation of all persons convicted of felony in the courts of the state and sentenced to the custody of the department, and whenever the term "penitentiary" or "state penitentiary" appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, it shall mean any facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections which is used for the purposes described herein.
Codes, 1942, § 7922; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 2 1976, ch. 440, § 19; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 2; Laws, 1984, ch. 397; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 2, eff. 3/28/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-4 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context shall otherwise require:
(a)
"Adult" shall mean a person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, or any person convicted of any crime not subject to the provisions of the Youth Court Law, or any person "certified" to be tried as an adult by any youth court in the state.
(b)
"Juvenile," "minor" or "youthful" shall mean a person less than eighteen (18) years of age.
(c)
"Offender" shall mean any person convicted of a crime or offense under the laws and ordinances of the state and its political subdivisions.
(d)
"Facility or institution" shall mean any facility for the custody, care, treatment and study of offenders which is under the supervision and control of the Department of Corrections, including but not limited to the State Penitentiary property located in Sunflower and Quitman Counties.
(e)
"Detention" shall mean the temporary care of juveniles and adults who require secure custody for their own or the community's protection in a physically restricting facility prior to adjudication, or retention in a physically restricting facility upon being taken into custody after an alleged parole or probation violation.
(f)
"Unit of local government" shall mean a county, city, town, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of the state.
(g)
"Department" shall mean the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
(h)
"Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of Corrections.
(i)
"Correctional system" shall mean the facilities, institutions, programs and personnel of the Department of Corrections utilized for adult offenders who are committed to the custody of the department.
Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 3; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 3; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 3, eff. 5/6/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-5 - Limited centralization of facilities

The commissioner, as soon as possible after passage of this section, shall prepare a plan to bring about the limited centralization of facilities within the state correctional system grounds at Parchman, Mississippi. The commissioner is authorized and empowered to use any state funds appropriated for such purposes, together with any available federal funds appropriated by the United States Congress for improvement of correctional institutions to construct modern security facilities for housing of offenders to the end that the state correctional system achieves the greatest degree of security for said offenders. Provided, however, that no new facility to house offenders shall be constructed within two-fifths (
2
/
5
) of a mile of any other offender camp. The commissioner shall bring about centralization of food facilities, recreational activities, utility services and other related facilities and correctional services that are presently decentralized within the correctional system.
It is the intent of the Mississippi Legislature that the commissioner shall fully utilize existing knowledge, architectural plans and expertise currently available with the Federal Bureau of Prisons and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to the end that the State of Mississippi shall have an efficient, modern, and properly secure state correctional system.
The commissioner is authorized to receive and disburse private and public grants, gifts and bequests which may be available to this state for correctional facilities, offender rehabilitation purposes and related purposes, which said sum so received shall be subject to all of the laws applicable to the State Fiscal Management Board.
Codes, 1942, § 7926.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 11; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 20; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 4; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 4, eff. 3/28/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-7 - Seal

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.
Codes, 1942, § 7973; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 53; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 21; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 5; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 5; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 4, eff. 5/6/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-9 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 60.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-12 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988, ch. 504, § 60, eff. 5/6/1988.
Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 8; Am Laws, 1983, ch. 351; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 8; Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 8.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-13 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 5; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 2; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 401.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-14 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988, ch. 504, § 60, eff. 5/6/1988.
Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 5; Laws, 1980, ch. 560, § 20; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 9; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 9; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-15 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 6.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-16 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988, ch. 504, § 60, eff. 5/6/1988.
Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 6; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 10; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 10; Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 10.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-17 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 7.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-18 - and 47-5-19 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988, ch. 504, § 60, eff. 5/6/1988.
§ 47-5-18. [Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 7; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 11; Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 11] § 47-5-19. [Codes, 1942, § 7951; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 31; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 8; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 12; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 12; Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 12]
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-20 - Powers and duties of commissioner

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.
Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 9; Laws, 1977, ch. 479, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 13; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 13; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 218; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 13; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 6, eff. 5/6/1988.
Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 508, HB 1426,§ 7, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 495, HB 1498, 2, eff. 7/1/2016.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-21 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1988, ch. 504, § 60, eff. 5/6/1988.
Codes, 1942, § 7928; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 8; brought forward, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 14; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 14; Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 14
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-23 - Management and control of correctional system to be vested in Department of Corrections

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.
Codes, 1942, § 7930; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 10; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 22; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 15; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 15; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 15, eff. 3/28/1986.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-24 - Commissioner of Corrections; appointment; compensation; qualifications; bond

(1)
The Governor shall appoint a Commissioner of Corrections, with the advice and consent of the Senate. Such commissioner may be removed by the Governor. The commissioner shall be the chief executive, administrative and fiscal officer of the department.
(2)
The commissioner shall receive an annual salary fixed by the Governor, not to exceed the maximum authorized by law, in addition to all actual, necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties, including mileage as authorized by law.
(3)
The commissioner shall possess the following minimum qualifications:
(a)
A master's degree in corrections, criminal justice, guidance, social work, or some related field, and at least six (6) years full-time experience in corrections, including at least three (3) years of correctional management experience; or
(b)
A bachelor's degree in a field described in subparagraph (a) of this subsection and at least ten (10) years full-time work in corrections, five (5) years of which shall have been in correctional management; or
(c)
Shall possess relevant experience in the private or public sector.
(4)
The commissioner shall be required, upon assuming the duties of his office, to execute a good and sufficient bond payable to the State of Mississippi in the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), conditioned upon an accurate accounting for all monies and property coming into his hands. The commissioner, upon approval by the Governor, may require of other officers, employees and agents of the department a good and sufficient bond in such sum as he may determine, subject to the minimum requirements set forth herein, payable to the State of Mississippi upon like condition. The bonds shall be approved by the Governor and filed with the Secretary of State, and shall be executed by a surety company authorized to do business under the laws of this state. The premium on any such bond shall be paid by the state out of the support and maintenance fund of the department.
Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 13; Laws, 1978, ch. 520, § 11; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 16; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 16; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 16; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 7, eff. 5/6/1988.
Amended by Laws, 2020, ch. 465, SB 2696,§ 1, eff. 7/8/2020.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-25 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 12; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, § 29; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 3; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 9.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-27 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 19; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 6; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 4; Laws, 1975, ch. 403.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-29 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 13; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 4; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 5.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-30 - Commissioner of Corrections; development of five-year strategic plan for operation of state correctional system

(1)
The Commissioner of Corrections shall develop a strategic plan for its operation of the state correctional system. The strategic plan shall cover a five-year period. The plan shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(a)
A clearly defined comprehensive statement of the mission, goals and objectives of the agency;
(b)
Performance effectiveness objectives for each facility under the jurisdiction of the department;
(c)
A description of the department's internal management system used to evaluate its performance in relation to projected levels;
(d)
Detailed plans and strategies for meeting current and future needs and achieving goals and objectives established for the state correctional system;
(e)
A detailed analysis of the use of current agency resources in meeting current needs and expected future needs, and additional resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;
(f)
An analysis of factors affecting projected prison populations including impact of juveniles on prison populations and how populations are expected to change within the period of the plan;
(g)
A plan to remove inmates from county jails.
(2)
The department shall revise the plan annually.
(3)
Upon completion of the initial plan and each revision, the department shall provide copies to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee, the Chairman of the House Penitentiary Committee, the Legislative Budget Office, the Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration and the Legislative Reference Bureau.
(4)
The commissioner shall develop the strategic plan before September 23, 1994.
Laws, 1994 Ex Sess, ch. 26, § 27; Laws, 2009, ch. 546, § 15, eff. 4/15/2009.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-31 - Reports by commissioner; inventory

The commissioner shall monthly make to the Governor and to the State Fiscal Management Board and to the Chairmen of the Corrections Committee of the Senate and Penitentiary Committee of the House of Representatives full and complete reports of the fiscal affairs of such correctional system and of the general conditions with relation thereto. Not more than thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year said commissioner shall give a full and complete inventory of all property of every description belonging to the correctional system, and there shall be set opposite each item the book value of same. Such inventory shall further include a statement of the fiscal affairs of such system as of the last day of the fiscal year; and a sufficient number of copies of such inventory and report shall be printed to give general publicity thereto.
Codes, 1942, § 7931; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 11; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 6; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 23; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 19; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1984, ch. 388; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 19; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 19; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 10, eff. 5/6/1988.
Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE (§§ 47-1-1 — 47-7-101) › Chapter 5 - CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-1517) › OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL (§§ 47-5-1 — 47-5-109.1) › Section 47-5-33 - Commissioner authorized to administer oaths, and to summon and examine witnesses

The commissioner, in the discharge of his duties, is authorized to administer oaths, to summon and examine witnesses, and take such other steps as may be necessary to ascertain the truth of any matter about which he may have the right to inquire.
Codes, 1942, § 7941; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 21; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 24; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 20; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 20; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 20; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 11, eff. 5/6/1988.