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MS SB2790
Bill
Status
2/23/2016
Primary Sponsor
Lydia Chassaniol
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation to utilize municipal and county inmate labor for prison industry programs when the Department of Corrections cannot provide sufficient state inmate labor
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Adds a new definition of "municipal and county inmate" as any person incarcerated in a municipal or county jail who is not a state offender
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Creates an exception to the existing prohibition against leasing or hiring county prisoners to corporations, specifically allowing their use by the Prison Industries Corporation
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Authorizes county boards of supervisors and municipal governing authorities to provide inmate labor to the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation
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Effective date of July 1, 2016
Legislative Description
MS Prison Industries Corporation; may utilize county or municipal inmate labor under certain circumstances.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/23/2016