Concurrent with the execution of a contract for housing of state offenders as authorized by Sections 47-5-931 through 47-5-941, the sheriff of a county where the facility is located is designated as the Chief Corrections Officer for the facility housing state offenders, and in that capacity, shall assume responsibility for management of the corrections facility and for the provision of the care and control of the state offenders housed therein. The sheriff shall be subject to the direction of the department for management of the correctional facility. In addition to the compensation provided by Section 25-3-25, the sheriff shall receive Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($15,600.00) as compensation for the duties specified in Sections 47-5-931 through 47-5-941.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole
Chapter 5 - Correctional System
Incarceration of State Offenders in County Owned or Leased Correctional Facilities
§ 47-5-933. Contracts for incarceration of state offenders in county facilities; medical care
§ 47-5-934. Extension of contracts for incarceration in event of disruption due to natural disaster
§ 47-5-939. Housing pretrial detainees, county offenders and other persons
§ 47-5-943. Contracts for incarceration; compliance with standards and statutes
§ 47-5-945. Contract restrictions; time; terms; medical care of offenders
§ 47-5-949. Continuing education; high school level degree; vocational education