The Commissioner of Corrections, with the concurrence of the Governor, is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with appropriate federal agencies to provide housing and incarceration of persons convicted by the courts of Mississippi and sentenced to the Mississippi Department of Corrections by such courts under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed if a determination is made that the best interest of the State of Mississippi would be served by making such transfer.
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