MS HB103

Prohibits the Commissioner of Corrections from housing offenders in private correctional facilities unless at least 10% of eligible incarcerated offenders participate in joint state-county work programs that the Department of Corrections provides.

Amends multiple sections of Mississippi Code (47-4-1, 47-4-11, 47-5-471, 47-5-941, 47-5-943, 47-5-1211, and 47-5-1213) to incorporate the 10% work program requirement as a condition for private facility housing.

Excludes inmates convicted of sex crimes, crimes of violence, or crimes that specifically prohibit parole from eligibility for state-county work programs.

Allows counties to refuse any inmate deemed to present an undue risk and requires counties to arrange transportation and bear all housing and care costs for participating inmates.

Takes effect upon passage of the act.