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§ 47-5-1. Policy of state in operation and management of correctional system; independent internal examinations - It shall be the policy of this state, in the...
§ 47-5-3. Facilities of the correctional system; their purposes and locations - The plantation known as Parchman owned by the state in...
§ 47-5-4. Definitions - For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have...
§ 47-5-5. Limited centralization of facilities - The commissioner, as soon as possible after passage of this...
§ 47-5-7. Seal - The department shall procure a United States lock-seal, to be...
§ 47-5-10. Department of Corrections; general powers and duties - The department shall have the following powers and duties: To...
§ 47-5-11. Department to collect certain prison, probation and post-release supervision data; report to Oversight Task Force - 1. Recidivism rates by offense type; 2. Recidivism rates by...
§ 47-5-20. Powers and duties of commissioner - The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: To...
§ 47-5-23. Management and control of correctional system to be vested in Department of Corrections - The department shall be vested with the exclusive responsibility for...
§ 47-5-26. Commissioner of Corrections; employment of deputy commissioners, administrative assistant for parole matters, and prison superintendents - Each superintendent shall develop and implement a plan for the...
§ 47-5-28. Additional powers and duties of commissioner - The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: To...
§ 47-5-31. Reports by commissioner; inventory - The commissioner shall monthly make to the Governor and to...
§ 47-5-33. Commissioner authorized to administer oaths, and to summon and examine witnesses - The commissioner, in the discharge of his duties, is authorized...
§ 47-5-35. Auditor for correctional system - The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review...
§ 47-5-37. Fiscal comptroller, bookkeepers, and assistants; maintenance of modern accounting system; commissioner to sign warrants - The commissioner shall employ a qualified fiscal comptroller who shall...
§ 47-5-41. Employees' oath of office - All employees, before entering upon their duties, shall take and...
§ 47-5-43. Workers' compensation coverage - The commissioner shall purchase workers' compensation insurance with coverage for...
§ 47-5-47. Nepotism prohibited; employees not to be interested in contracts - It shall be unlawful for any person related by affinity...
§ 47-5-49. Employees not to engage in other business - Neither the commissioner nor any other employee, save physicians and...
§ 47-5-54. Status of employees as peace officers; promulgation and enforcement of speed limits upon grounds of correctional facilities - Employees assigned to the canine unit of the department may,...
§ 47-5-55. Exemption from jury service - The officers and employees of the state correctional system are...
§ 47-5-56. Lease of property; operating funds; disposal of income; transfer of property - The department shall lease to the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife,...
§ 47-5-58. Sales by commissary to persons or agencies - The commissary located at any facility of the correctional system...
§ 47-5-70. "Board" and "lessee" defined - As used in this chapter, "board" shall include the Mississippi...
§ 47-5-71. Construction or pavement of roads - The State Highway Commission and the Mississippi Department of Corrections...
§ 47-5-72. Establishment of regional recycling centers at regional correctional facilities; participation of inmates in recycling center work program - The Department of Corrections, counties and municipalities are authorized to...
§ 47-5-75. Suits by or against board of corrections; tort liability insurance - The department is authorized to bring and maintain suits for...
§ 47-5-76. Payment of court costs for inmate's civil action against Department employee pertaining to condition of confinement - An inmate shall not bring a civil action or appeal...
§ 47-5-77. Remission to State Treasurer of funds belonging to correctional system; payment of bills and accounts of correctional system - The commissioner shall remit to the State Treasurer all moneys...
§ 47-5-78. Creation of the "Lambert State Forest Revolving Fund." - There is established within the State Treasury a revolving fundto...
§ 47-5-79. How purchases to be made - All contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment and...
§ 47-5-85. Chapel for religious worship; chaplain - There shall be provided an area at each facility of...
§ 47-5-87. No gasoline or motor oil to be sold - No gasoline or motor oil shall be sold for personal...
§ 47-5-89. No solicitation nor contribution for political purposes - If any officer or employee of the state or county...
§ 47-5-91. Transportation of children of employees to school; payment of tuition - The commissioner is authorized and directed to provide for transportation...
§ 47-5-93. Governor to make inspections - It shall be the duty of the Governor to make...
§ 47-5-94. Annual structural and environmental inspections; report of findings - The Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management of...
§ 47-5-95. Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities - The members of the executive department, except the Governor and...
§ 47-5-99. Creation of classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers - There are hereby created classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing...
§ 47-5-101. Meetings and minutes of classification and disciplinary hearing officers - The classification and disciplinary hearing officers shall maintain a record...
§ 47-5-104. Demotion of offender or forfeiture of earned time - The commissioner shall designate a disciplinary hearing officer to hear...
§ 47-5-105. Entry of bids, bills, and invoices in minutes before award or payment; copies to be sent - The award of all contracts within the purview of the...
§ 47-5-107. Cancellation of contracts - Any contract entered into by any person, firm or corporation...
§ 47-5-108. Self-sustaining food facilities established at certain penitentiary and correctional facilities; Employee Cafeteria Funds - The Mississippi Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to provide...