No offender may wear any article of clothing that is not issued to the offender by the Department of Corrections. The word "convict" must be written on the back of the shirt or other upper outer garment of clothing.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole
Chapter 5 - Correctional System
§ 47-5-110.1. Offenders to pay costs of requested transfers between facilities
§ 47-5-113. Offenders of the United States courts
§ 47-5-115. Offenders whose capital sentences are commuted
§ 47-5-121. Separation of sexes
§ 47-5-126. Working of inmates
§ 47-5-129. Offenders to work certain roads; Sunflower County
§ 47-5-131. Offenders to work certain roads; Quitman County
§ 47-5-134. Offenders to work for Habitat for Humanity or the Fuller Center for Housing, Inc
§ 47-5-137. Use of offenders as servants prohibited; exception
§ 47-5-140. Earned time handbook
§ 47-5-147. Governor may authorize payment of reward for apprehension of escaped offender
§ 47-5-149. United States offenders subject to the laws of the state
§ 47-5-151. Death of prisoner; investigations, inquests, and autopsies; fees; penalties
§ 47-5-155. Discharged offenders revolving fund
§ 47-5-173. Granting of leave for personal reasons
§ 47-5-175. Agreements to transfer state offenders to federal facilities
§ 47-5-177. Notice requirements prior to release of offenders
§ 47-5-183. Department of Corrections may create a postconviction DNA database