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MS SB2548

Bill

Status

Failed

3/7/2013

Primary Sponsor

Sampson Jackson

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Permits the Kemper and Neshoba regional facility to house up to 75 additional male offenders beyond numbers authorized under general contracting provisions.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Corrections2/21/2013
Corrections1/21/2013

Full Bill Text

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