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MS SB2548
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Mississippi Code Section 47-5-931 to authorize the Department of Corrections to contract with county and regional correctional facilities to house state offenders without a specific numerical cap.
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Requires the Department of Corrections to contract with regional facilities operated by specified county pairs: Marion and Walthall; Carroll and Montgomery; Stone and Pearl River; Winston and Choctaw; Kemper and Neshoba; Holmes County with contiguous counties having unapproved jails; and Bolivar County with contiguous counties having unapproved jails.
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Authorizes the Department of Corrections to contract with Yazoo, Chickasaw, George and Greene, Washington, Hinds, and Alcorn Counties for regional facilities at the department's discretion.
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Permits the Kemper and Neshoba regional facility to house up to 75 additional male offenders beyond numbers authorized under general contracting provisions.
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Takes effect July 1, 2013.
Legislative Description
Country/regional correctional facilities; authorize the incarceration of additional offenders in such facilities.
Last Action
Died In Committee
3/7/2013