The Secretary of State, or his designee, shall assist the Department of Corrections and the Department of Finance and Administration in the formation of the nonprofit corporation, and within sixty (60) days after the formation of the corporation, the corporation shall apply for exemption from federal tax under the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any program of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation of the State Department of Human Services shall not be classified as prison industries under the provisions of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole
Chapter 5 - Correctional System
Mississippi Prison Industries Act of 1990
§ 47-5-531. Short title of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575
§ 47-5-545. Procedures for establishing new prison industries
§ 47-5-547. Training programs or auxiliary programs associated with prison industries
§ 47-5-555. Use of inmate labor
§ 47-5-557. Inmate not agent, employee or involuntary servant of corporation; exception
§ 47-5-565. Corporation to authorize expenditures from Prison Industries Fund
§ 47-5-567. Inmates ineligible for unemployment compensation or worker's compensation
§ 47-5-571. Unauthorized sales of prison-made goods or services prohibited
§ 47-5-575. Records of corporation subject to public records act