MS SB2212

Creates an advisory committee on jail census data collection to establish uniform data-reporting standards for county jails across Mississippi.

Committee must research and recommend standardized criteria for collecting data including detainee classifications, sentence lengths by offense type, length of stay, and drug offense details.

Comprises five members: Commissioner of Corrections, State Public Defender, President of Mississippi Prosecutors Association, President of Mississippi Sheriffs' Association, and a circuit court judge appointed by the Chief Justice.

Committee must recommend best practices for a centralized database, submission timelines, and computer equipment for county data transmission to the Administrative Office of Courts.

Committee must submit final report to the Legislature by December 1, 2020.