Mississippi Code
Chapter 5 - Correctional System
Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act

§ 47-5-701. Short title - Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 shall be known and may be...

§ 47-5-703. Definitions - For the purposes of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 the following...

§ 47-5-705. Requirements for declaration of state of emergency - The requirements for the declaration of a prison system overcrowding...

§ 47-5-707. Notice of overcrowded prison conditions; thirty-day report of overcrowded prison conditions - Whenever the prison system population exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of...

§ 47-5-709. Thirty-day report by State Parole Board - If the prison system population exceeds ninety-five percent (95%) of...

§ 47-5-711. Powers of Governor upon receipt of reports - Upon receipt of the report from the Commissioner of Corrections...

§ 47-5-713. Advancement of parole eligibility dates during state of emergency - Upon the declaration of a state of emergency, the parole...

§ 47-5-715. Weekly certification of population figures during state of emergency; termination of state of emergency - During the continuation of a state of emergency, the Commissioner...

§ 47-5-717. Sixty-day report of overcrowded prison conditions - If sixty (60) days after the declaration of a prison...

§ 47-5-719. Powers of Governor upon receipt of report - Upon receipt of the report from the Commissioner of Corrections...

§ 47-5-721. Termination of state of emergency by order of Governor - If at any time during a state of emergency the...

§ 47-5-723. Revocation of conditional advancement of parole eligibility date - Revocation of the conditional advancement of the parole eligibility date...

§ 47-5-725. Conditions of advancement of parole eligibility date - The State Parole Board shall prescribe conditions of advancement of...

§ 47-5-727. Advancement of parole eligibility date to be independent of other adjustments - Advancement of parole eligibility dates under Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729...

§ 47-5-729. Establishment and quarterly certification or alteration of operating capacities - The Commissioner of Corrections shall within thirty (30) days after...

§ 47-5-731. Repeal of Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729 - Sections 47-5-701 through 47-5-729, Mississippi Code of 1972, which create...