MS SB2584

Authorizes Senior Circuit Court Judges to establish pilot reentry courts in their districts with jurisdiction to implement rehabilitation and workforce development programs for eligible defendants.

Requires the Mississippi Department of Corrections to establish an Offender Rehabilitation and Workforce Development Program completable within three years, during which participants are ineligible for parole and cannot accumulate earned time or trusty time.

Limits program eligibility to second or subsequent offenders with prior felony convictions who are not convicted of sex offenses, crimes of violence (except house burglary), habitual offender charges, or crimes resulting in death, with suspended sentences not exceeding 20 years.

Upon successful program completion, the reentry court shall suspend the remainder of the defendant's sentence and place the defendant on intensive supervision probation for up to three years; failure to complete results in serving all or part of the original sentence.

Requires the Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review to report to the Legislature by December 1, 2025, on the effectiveness of reentry courts and the program; the act repeals on July 1, 2025.