Each county attorney, district attorney, each member of the Parole Board and circuit judge shall be provided a copy of a handbook prepared by the commissioner which shall include a copy of Section 47-5-138 and Section 47-5-139, and shall clearly show how such sections would apply to an offender sentenced to terms of various lengths. Each offender shall be provided a copy of the handbook upon arrival at the correctional system and have it explained to him as a part of his initial orientation.
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