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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 47-5-35 - Auditor for correctional system

The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) shall appoint an auditor to audit the correctional system, and provide sufficient office facilities in the Jackson office, who shall be a certified public accountant or an experienced accountant, whose duty shall be to audit all accounts of the state correctional system for the purpose of reporting to the Legislative Budget Office. He shall report whether supplies and products bought and sold are handled in accordance with law and when bought on samples and specifications whether they measure up to such samples and specifications when the goods are received. The auditor shall report on the letting of bids and shall make a determination that all bids are advertised and let in accordance with law and shall render a report on same. The auditor shall be responsible to make a periodic inventory on all goods, machinery, livestock, farm produce or any other property of the correctional system and make a report thereon to the Legislative Budget Office on such terms and conditions and as often as required by the committee. The salaries and expenses of such auditor or his employees shall be paid from funds appropriated for support of the Legislature or its committees.
Such auditor shall make, at least, a monthly report to the Legislative Budget Office and the Chairman of the Corrections Committee of the Senate and the Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee in the House of Representatives.
The auditor shall attend all the meetings of the board and shall be notified by the board of all meetings or specially called meetings. The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall provide the auditor with a secretary and such personnel as it deems necessary.
Codes, 1942, § 7952; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 32; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 7; Laws, 1974, ch. 539 § 7; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 25; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 21; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 21; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 219; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 21, 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 47-5-37 - Fiscal comptroller, bookkeepers, and assistants; maintenance of modern accounting system; commissioner to sign warrants

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.
Codes, 1942, § 7934; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 14; Laws, 1966, ch. 378, § 1; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 5; Laws, 1974, ch. 539 § 8; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 26; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 22; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 22; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 22; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 12, 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 47-5-39 - Fiscal impact notes

(1)
As used in this section, "fiscal note" means the estimated dollar cost to the state for the first year and the annual cost thereafter. The term "ten-year fiscal note" means the estimated dollar cost to the state over the ten-year period following passage or adoption of the subject of the fiscal note.
(2)
Whenever legislation is introduced in the Legislature, which would establish a new criminal offense or would amend the sentencing provisions of an existing criminal offense, the Department of Corrections shall provide a fiscal note and a ten-year fiscal note on the proposed legislation upon the request of any member of the Legislature. The fiscal note shall be published in electronic form on the Mississippi Legislature website as provided in Section
5-1-85
.
(3)
State agencies and political subdivisions shall cooperate with the department in preparing fiscal notes and the ten-year fiscal notes. Such agencies and political subdivisions shall submit requested information to the department in a timely fashion.
(4)
In preparing fiscal notes and the ten-year fiscal notes, the department must accurately report to the Legislature information provided to the department by state agencies and political subdivisions.
(5)
The department may request information from nongovernmental agencies and organizations to assist in preparing the fiscal note and the ten-year fiscal note.
Added by Laws, 2014, ch. 457, HB 585, 64, eff. 7/1/2014.
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 47-5-41 - Employees' oath of office

All employees, before entering upon their duties, shall take and subscribe the following oath to be filed and preserved by the commissioner:
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully and diligently perform all the duties required of me as ____________________ of the correctional system, and will observe and execute the laws, rules and regulations passed and prescribed for the government thereof so far as the same concerns or pertains to any employment, and that I will not ill-treat or abuse any offender under my care contrary to the law and the rules and regulations prescribed by legal authority. So help me God."
Codes, 1942, § 7962; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 42; Laws, 1966, ch. 445, § 30; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 10; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 27; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 23; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 23; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 23, 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 47-5-43 - Workers' compensation coverage

The commissioner shall purchase workers' compensation insurance with coverage for all personnel employed by the department as authorized by law, and all personnel shall be entitled to the benefits prescribed by the operation of law, Sections
71-3-1
through
71-3-111
, as the same is now or may hereafter be amended, cited as the "Workers' Compensation Law."
Codes, 1942, § 7962.5; Laws, 1971, ch. 439, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 28; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 24; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 24; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 24, 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 47-5-45 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 67.
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 47-5-47 - Nepotism prohibited; employees not to be interested in contracts

It shall be unlawful for any person related by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree computed according to the rules of the civil law to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or commissioner to accept any employment in the state correctional system, neither shall the commissioner or other officer or employee of the state correctional system be directly or indirectly interested in any contract, purchase or sale for or in behalf of or on account of the state correctional system.
Codes, 1942, § 7952; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 32; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 7; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 29; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 25; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 25; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 25; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 13, 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 47-5-49 - Employees not to engage in other business

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.
Codes, 1942, § 7953; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 33; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 8; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 30; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 26; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 26; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 26; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 14, 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 47-5-51 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1983, ch. 469, § 10, eff. 7/1/1983.
Codes, 1942, § 7954; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 34; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 31; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 27.
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 47-5-53 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 37.
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 47-5-55 - Exemption from jury service

The officers and employees of the state correctional system are exempt from jury service.
Codes, 1942, § 7974; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 54; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 32; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 29; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 28; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 28, 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 47-5-56 - Lease of property; operating funds; disposal of income; transfer of property

The department shall lease to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks for a period of twenty (20) years all timberlands in Quitman County for an annual rental of One Dollar ($1.00). The lands so leased to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks shall be used and maintained as a public game and fish management area. Proceeds from the sale of the timber or from any forest management practice shall be deposited into the Lambert State Forest Revolving Fund created in Section
47-5-78
. All costs associated with the management of timber shall be paid from the fund. The remaining funds shall then be deposited in the Prison Agricultural Enterprises Fund, as created in Section
47-5-66
. Any timber needed in the building operations carried on by the department may be purchased by the department at a cost not to exceed the cost of the management of that timber. Upon the transfer of the real property described in Section 1 of Chapter 517, Laws of 2001, to the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the department and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may terminate or modify as appropriate any lease entered into under this section regarding such property.
Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 18; Laws, 1978, ch. 301, § 3; brought forward, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 30; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1984, ch. 421, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 29; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 29; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 15; Laws, 1992, ch. 506, § 11; Laws, 1996, ch. 337, § 2; Laws, 2000, ch. 362, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 517, § 2, eff. 3/30/2001.
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 47-5-57 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 2001, ch. 517, § 3, eff. 3/30/2001.
Laws, 1997, ch. 412, § 1, eff. 3/24/1997.
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 47-5-58 - Sales by commissary to persons or agencies

The commissary located at any facility of the correctional system shall not sell to any person or agency, any food or other commodities, whether produced by the correctional system or not, for any amount less than the wholesale price of such food or other commodities in the area of the facility.
Laws, 1973, ch. 380, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 34; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 32; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 30; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 30, 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 47-5-59 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1984, ch. 398, eff.7/1/1984.
Codes, 1942, § 7970; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 50; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 12; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 35; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 33.
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 47-5-60 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1992, ch. 506, § 14, eff. 5/15/1992.
Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 20; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 36; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 34; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 31; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 220; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 31.
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 47-5-61 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 38; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 13.
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 47-5-62 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1984, ch. 420, § 2, eff. 7/1/1984.
Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 22; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 37; Laws, 1978, ch. 301, § 4; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 35.
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 47-5-63 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 51; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 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 47-5-65 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 52; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 15.
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 47-5-67 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1968, ch. 379; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 16.
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 47-5-69 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1984, ch. 395, eff.7/1/1984.
Codes, 1942, § 7986; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 66; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 17; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 38; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 38.
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 47-5-70 - "Board" and "lessee" defined

As used in this chapter, "board" shall include the Mississippi Board of Corrections or its successor, and "lessee" shall mean the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.
Laws, 1974, ch. 538, § 19; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 39; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 39; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 34; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 34, 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 47-5-71 - Construction or pavement of roads

The State Highway Commission and the Mississippi Department of Corrections are hereby authorized to enter into and perform agreements to contract together for the construction or the pavement of roads by the State Highway Department in and adjoining to any facility of the correctional system.
Codes, 1942, § 7966; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 46; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 40; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 40; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 35; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 35; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 18, 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 47-5-72 - Establishment of regional recycling centers at regional correctional facilities; participation of inmates in recycling center work program

The Department of Corrections, counties and municipalities are authorized to develop regional recycling centers at regional correctional facilities. The department may establish a work program for inmates to participate in the recycling program. Inmates that are ineligible to participate in joint state-county programs and public service programs are also ineligible to participate in the program established for regional recycling centers.
Laws, 2010, ch. 318, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.
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 47-5-73 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 69
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 47-5-75 - Suits by or against board of corrections; tort liability insurance

The department is authorized to bring and maintain suits for the collection and enforcement of all demands and debts owing to the correctional system. No bond for costs, appeal bond, supersedeas bond or other security shall at any time be required of the department in any civil suit of any kind brought by or against it or its employees in their official capacity, except such suits as may be brought against it or them by the State of Mississippi. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi is hereby directed to assist the department in the filing and prosecution of any suits filed herein.
The department shall have the further power and authority, in its discretion, to take adequate liability insurance on the operation of said correctional system, including liability insurance to protect the commissioner and other regular employees of the correctional system from tort actions in any state or federal court.
Codes, 1942, § 7929; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 9; Laws, 1971, ch. 524, § 13; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 41; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 41; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 36; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1984, ch. 495, § 21; Laws, 1985, ch. 474, § 51; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 36; Laws, 1986, ch. 438, § 32; Laws, 1987, ch. 483, § 33; Laws, 1988, ch. 442, § 30; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 19; Laws, 1989, ch. 537, § 29; Laws, 1990, ch. 518, § 30; Laws, 1991, ch. 618, § 29; Laws, 1992, ch. 491, § 31, eff. 7/1/1993.
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 47-5-76 - Payment of court costs for inmate's civil action against Department employee pertaining to condition of confinement

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, if an inmate plaintiff files a pauper's affidavit in a civil action and the defendant is an employee of the department and the civil action pertains to the inmate's condition of confinement, the department shall pay, out of any funds available for such purpose, all costs of court assessed against the inmate in the civil action. However, the department shall not pay the costs of court if the inmate has on three (3) or more prior occasions, while incarcerated, brought an action or appeal that was dismissed on the grounds that it was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
An inmate shall not bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding in forma pauperis if the prisoner has, on three (3) or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court that was dismissed on the grounds that it was frivolous, malicious, or failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.
(2)
An inmate who proceeds in forma pauperis in a civil action shall pay twenty percent (20%) per month of the funds in his or her inmate account to the Department of Corrections until all filing fees and costs of his or her litigation are paid to the department. The department may withdraw such funds automatically from the account of any inmate permitted a civil filing as a pauper. If an inmate is allowed an appeal in forma pauperis of a civil action, the inmate shall reimburse all costs and fees to the department by automatic withdrawal each month in the amount of twenty percent (20%) of his or her funds until all state funds are reimbursed.
Laws, 1989, ch. 378, § 2; Laws, 1993, ch. 402, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 395, § 1; Laws, 1998, ch. 387, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 392, § 1, eff. 3/16/2005.
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 47-5-77 - Remission to State Treasurer of funds belonging to correctional system; payment of bills and accounts of correctional system

The commissioner shall remit to the State Treasurer all moneys belonging to the correctional system received by him in accordance with the provisions of Section
7-9-21
. All bills and accounts of said correctional system shall be paid from appropriations made by the Legislature upon sworn accounts and warrants drawn by the State Fiscal Management Board on the State Treasurer in the same manner as provided by general law. Each account shall be approved by the commissioner or, in the commissioner's absence, by his designee.
Codes, 1942, § 7935; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 15; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 23; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 42; reenacted Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 42; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 37; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 223; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 37; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 20, 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 47-5-78 - Creation of the "Lambert State Forest Revolving Fund."

There is established within the State Treasury a revolving fund to fund forest management costs provided under Sections
47-5-56
and
47-5-66
for the Lambert State Forest in Quitman County and shall be disbursed as provided in those sections. The fund shall be called the "Lambert State Forest Revolving Fund," and moneys for the fund shall accrue from any revenues derived from the Lambert State Forest including, but not limited to, timber sales and any other revenue derived from forest management practices. The State Treasurer shall invest all monies in the fund, and interest earned on the investments shall be paid back into the fund and not into the General Fund. The fund shall be audited annually by the State Auditor.
Laws, 1996, ch. 337, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 362, § 3, eff. 4/17/2000.
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 47-5-79 - How purchases to be made

All contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment and sustenance for the offenders of the correctional system shall be made under the provisions of the state purchasing law, same being Sections
31-7-1
through
31-7-55
.
Codes, 1942, § 7937; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 17; Laws, 1966, ch. 378, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 43; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 43; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 38; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 38, 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 47-5-81 - and 47-5-83 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws of 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff from and after 7/1/1976. [Laws, 1964, ch. 378, §§ 63, 39]
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 47-5-85 - Chapel for religious worship; chaplain

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.
Codes, 1942, § 7975; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 55; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 44; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 44; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1984, ch. 385; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 39; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 39, 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 47-5-87 - No gasoline or motor oil to be sold

No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold for personal use by the state correctional system to any of its employees. Gasoline shall be delivered only in tank truck or tank car lots in such quantities as the commissioner may deem necessary, and motor oil in such quantities as may be needed.
Codes, 1942, § 7982; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 62; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 45; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 45; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 40; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 40, 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 47-5-89 - No solicitation nor contribution for political purposes

If any officer or employee of the state or county government, or any employee of the state correctional system, or any other person shall solicit or accept from any employee of the state correctional system, or from any offender therein, any contribution of money or other property for political or election purposes he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be fined not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not less than sixty (60) days nor longer than one hundred twenty (120) days, or both, and if an employee of the state correctional system he shall be immediately and permanently removed from further employment with the state correctional system.
Codes, 1942, § 7984; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 64; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 46; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 46; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 41; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 41, 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 47-5-91 - Transportation of children of employees to school; payment of tuition

The commissioner is authorized and directed to provide for transportation of children of employees of the Mississippi State Penitentiary both in Sunflower County and Quitman County to a public elementary or secondary school located in those counties and to pay for such transportation out of the support and maintenance fund of the department of correction. The commissioner shall further pay to any public elementary or secondary school located in said counties which said children are sent, an amount not to exceed Sixty Dollars ($60.00) per student per month as tuition, which also shall be paid out of the support and maintenance fund of the department of correction. Any student who receives benefits under this section shall not be eligible for any other educational financial state grant or loan.
Codes, 1942, § 7967; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 47; Ex Sess, 1969, ch. 36, § 1; Laws, 1975, ch. 404; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 63; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 47; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 42; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 42, 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 47-5-93 - Governor to make inspections

It shall be the duty of the Governor to make personal inspection of the central facilities of the state correctional system and offenders twice during each and every year at such times as may suit his convenience, and without previous notice to the commissioner, and the commissioner, when required so to do, shall afford all necessary facilities for making such inspection.
Codes, 1942, § 7969; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 49; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 47; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 48; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 43; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 43, 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 47-5-94 - Annual structural and environmental inspections; report of findings

The Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of the Department of Finance and Administration and the State Board of Health are hereby authorized and directed, upon the passage of this section, to institute permanent annual structural and environmental inspections of institutional housing and service facilities at the State Penitentiary, such inspections to include but not be limited to, structural soundness, repairs and maintenance of buildings; food service; fire and safety hazards; fresh water supply; wastewater system; sewage collection and treatment; solid waste collection, storage and disposal; rodent and pest control and general institutional housekeeping.
All other state agencies, authorities, boards, commissions and departments are hereby directed, upon the request of the Commissioner of Corrections, the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of the Department of Finance and Administration or the State Board of Health, to assist in such inspections with the fullest degree of reasonable cooperation.
Within thirty (30) days of the completion of the inspections provided for herein, the participants shall compile a written report of their findings which shall be submitted to the Governor, the Commissioner of Corrections and the Warden or Superintendent of the State Penitentiary at Parchman.
Laws, 1978, ch. 447, § 2; brought forward, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 49; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 44; reenacted and amended, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 44; Laws, 1994, ch. 480, § 1, eff. 7/1/1994.
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 47-5-95 - Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities

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.
Codes, 1942, § 7950; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 30; Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 24; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 48; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 50; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 45; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 45, 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 47-5-97 - [Repealed]

Repealed by Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 92, eff. 7/1/1976.
Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 68.
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 47-5-99 - Creation of classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers

There are hereby created classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers of the correctional system to be appointed by the commissioner.
Laws, 1973, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 49; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 51; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 46; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 46; Laws, 1991, ch. 360 § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 393, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
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 47-5-101 - Meetings and minutes of classification and disciplinary hearing officers

The classification and disciplinary hearing officers shall maintain a record of all actions and orders by minutes. The hearing officers shall meet on a regular basis.
Laws, 1973, ch. 309, § 1; brought forward, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 52; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 47; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 47; Laws, 1991, ch. 360, § 2; Laws, 2001, ch. 393, § 2, eff. 7/1/2001.
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 47-5-103 - Powers and duties of classification hearing officer and classification board as to classification of offenders

(1)
The classification hearing officer shall be responsible for assigning a classification to each offender within forty (40) days after the offender's commitment to the custody of the department. The classification shall determine the offender's work duties, living quarters, educational, vocational or other rehabilitation programs, and privileges to be accorded the offender while in custody of the department. The classification hearing officer, in assigning classifications, shall consider the offender's age, offense and surrounding circumstances, the complete record of the offender's criminal history including records of law enforcement agencies or of a youth court regarding that offender's juvenile criminal history, family background, education, practical or employment experience, interests and abilities as evidenced by mental and psychological examination and knowledge obtained by the classification hearing officer in personal interview with the offender. The classification hearing officer shall use the above criteria to assign each offender a classification which will serve and enhance the best interests and general welfare of the offender. The designee or designees of the commissioner shall approve or disapprove each classification. The classification hearing officer shall provide the State Parole Board with a copy of the classification assigned to each offender in the custody of the department who is eligible for parole.
(2)
The classification board, consisting of the commissioner, or his designee, deputy commissioner of institutions and the director of offender services may change an action of the classification or disciplinary hearing officer if the board makes a determination that the action of the hearing officer was not supported by sufficient factual information. The commissioner, in emergency situations, may suspend the classification of an offender or offenders for a period of not exceeding fifteen (15) days to relieve the emergency situation. The classification of each offender may be reviewed by a classification hearing officer at least once each year. In no case shall an offender serve as a servant in the home of any employee other than authorized by the commissioner.
(3)
The classification board shall establish substantive and procedural rules and regulations governing the assignment and alteration of inmate classifications, and shall make such rules and regulations available to any offender upon request.
Laws, 1973, ch. 309, § 2; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 50; Laws, 1981, ch. 381, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 53; Laws, 1983, ch. 375, § 1; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 48; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 48; Laws, 1986, ch. 422, § 2; Laws, 1991, ch. 360, § 3; Laws, 1995, ch. 417, § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 393, § 3; Laws, 2004, ch. 338, § 1, eff. 7/1/2004.
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 47-5-104 - Demotion of offender or forfeiture of earned time

The commissioner shall designate a disciplinary hearing officer to hear evidence and to make decisions in all cases when an offender has been issued a rule violation report and is subject to be demoted or having earned time taken from him. All proceedings of a disciplinary hearing officer shall be taped and retained for at least three (3) years. The commissioner shall not attend any hearings whereby an offender is subject to be demoted or having earned time taken away.
Laws, 1975, ch. 485, § 3; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 51; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 54; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 49; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 49; Laws, 1991, ch. 360 § 4; Laws, 2001, ch. 393, § 4, eff. 7/1/2001.
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 47-5-105 - Entry of bids, bills, and invoices in minutes before award or payment; copies to be sent

The award of all contracts within the purview of the Department of Finance and Administration under Section
27-104-7
in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) entered into by the commissioner shall be approved by the Public Procurement Review Board and shall be entered on the minutes of such board before any funds shall be expended therefor. Provided further, that the entrance of the award of contracts on the minutes of the Public Procurement Review Board shall contain a detailed accounting of all bids entered showing clearly the lowest bid and best bid that was awarded in each and every case and, if the bid accepted is not the lowest, then the reasons and justification for not accepting the lowest bid shall be spread on the minutes. A true copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Public Procurement Review Board shall be sent monthly to the Governor, members of the Legislative Budget Office and Chairmen of the Corrections Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 27; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 52; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 55; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 50; Laws, 1984, ch. 488, § 224; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 50; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 21; Laws, 2012, ch. 388, § 1, eff. 7/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2016, ch. 355, SB 2123, 1, 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 47-5-107 - Cancellation of contracts

Any contract entered into by any person, firm or corporation with the department can be cancelled, in the discretion of the commissioner, upon a finding of fact by the correctional system auditor provided for in Section
47-5-35
, and entered on the minutes of the Public Procurement Review Board, that the person, firm or corporation doing business with the correctional system has violated either the published regulations of the correctional system or the laws of the State of Mississippi.
Laws, 1974, ch. 539, § 28; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 53; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 56; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 51; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 51; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 22, 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 47-5-108 - Self-sustaining food facilities established at certain penitentiary and correctional facilities; Employee Cafeteria Funds

The Mississippi Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to provide self-sustaining facilities for the preparation and serving of food for employees and visitors of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, and the South Mississippi Correctional Institution. The commissioner shall promulgate policies and procedures for the operation of such facilities. In addition, the funds derived from these operations shall remain in separate accounts, hereafter known as the "Employee Cafeteria Funds." The profits, if any, shall be distributed at the direction of the Commissioner of Corrections.
Laws, 1983, ch. 354; brought forward, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 52; Laws, 1986, ch. 358, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 52; Laws, 1989, ch. 305, § 1; Laws, 1992, ch. 326, § 1, eff. 7/1/1992.
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 47-5-109 - Operation of inmate canteen facilities; Canteen Fund

(1)
The State Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to operate a facility or facilities to be known as an inmate canteen facility or facilities, the purpose of which is to make available certain goods and other items of value for purchase by offenders confined at the State Penitentiary at Parchman, offenders confined at any other facility of the department, certain employees of the department and certain persons visiting offenders or employees. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of such a facility.
(2)
Any funds which may be derived from the operation of an inmate canteen facility or facilities shall be deposited into an account to be known as the Canteen Fund. For accounting purposes, certain allocated costs attributable to the operation of such a facility, and as prescribed by the rules and regulations of the board, shall be chargeable as operating costs against profits earned. These costs of operation which are chargeable shall include, but shall not be limited to, rent allocation, utility allocation and employee wages. Any net profits which may accrue from the operation of such a facility and any interest earned thereon shall be deposited into the Inmate Welfare Fund.
Laws, 1986, ch. 358, § 1; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 23, eff. 5/6/1988.