Mississippi Code
Offenders
§ 47-5-126. Working of inmates

All inmates, unless physically unable, shall be required to perform such work as may be set out in the policy-making board of the institution.

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Mississippi Code

Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole

Chapter 5 - Correctional System

Offenders

§ 47-5-110.1. Offenders to pay costs of requested transfers between facilities

§ 47-5-110.2. Persons sentenced to custody of department after January 1, 2017, can no longer be sentenced to regimented inmate discipline program

§ 47-5-111. Transportation of offenders to correctional system facilities; processing of offenders at receiving stations

§ 47-5-113. Offenders of the United States courts

§ 47-5-115. Offenders whose capital sentences are commuted

§ 47-5-119. Initial search of offender; disposition of money found thereon; misappropriation of offender's money

§ 47-5-121. Separation of sexes

§ 47-5-122. Agricultural production as part of disciplinary or other programs; contracts for federal subsidies

§ 47-5-124. Uniform designations for offenders; restrictions on possession of radios, televisions and similar electronic devices; restrictions on weight lifting programs

§ 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

§ 47-5-133. Drainage of correctional system property; restriction on working of offenders off correctional system property

§ 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

§ 47-5-157. Written discharge or release, clothing, Mississippi driver's license or state identification card, money and bus ticket furnished to discharged or released offender

§ 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