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U.S. State Codes
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Mississippi
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Title 47 - Prisons and Pris...
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Chapter 5 - Correctional Sy...
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Operation, Management and Personnel
Operation, Management and Personnel
§ 47-5-1. Policy of state in operation and management of correctional system; independent internal examinations
§ 47-5-2. Corrections Investigative Taskforce created
§ 47-5-3. Facilities of the correctional system; their purposes and locations
§ 47-5-4. Definitions
§ 47-5-5. Limited centralization of facilities
§ 47-5-6. Oversight Task Force established; composition; powers and duties
§ 47-5-7. Seal
§ 47-5-8. Department of Corrections; creation; divisions; succession to interests of State Penitentiary and State Probation and Parole Board
§ 47-5-10. Department of Corrections; general powers and duties
§ 47-5-11. Department to collect certain prison, probation and post-release supervision data; report to Oversight Task Force
§ 47-5-20. Powers and duties of commissioner
§ 47-5-23. Management and control of correctional system to be vested in Department of Corrections
§ 47-5-24. Commissioner of Corrections; appointment; compensation; qualifications; bond
§ 47-5-26. Commissioner of Corrections; employment of deputy commissioners, administrative assistant for parole matters, and prison superintendents
§ 47-5-28. Additional powers and duties of commissioner
§ 47-5-30. Commissioner of Corrections; development of five-year strategic plan for operation of state correctional system
§ 47-5-31. Reports by commissioner; inventory
§ 47-5-33. Commissioner authorized to administer oaths, and to summon and examine witnesses
§ 47-5-35. Auditor for correctional system
§ 47-5-37. Fiscal comptroller, bookkeepers, and assistants; maintenance of modern accounting system; commissioner to sign warrants
§ 47-5-39. Fiscal impact notes
§ 47-5-41. Employees’ oath of office
§ 47-5-43. Workers’ compensation coverage
§ 47-5-47. Nepotism prohibited; employees not to be interested in contracts
§ 47-5-49. Employees not to engage in other business
§ 47-5-54. Status of employees as peace officers; promulgation and enforcement of speed limits upon grounds of correctional facilities
§ 47-5-55. Exemption from jury service
§ 47-5-56. Lease of property; operating funds; disposal of income; transfer of property
§ 47-5-58. Sales by commissary to persons or agencies
§ 47-5-64. Agricultural leases of prison lands to private entities; reservation of additional land for agricultural or nonagricultural projects of Department of Corrections; lease of prison land for power generation or other commercial or industrial projects
§ 47-5-66. Agricultural leases of prison lands to private entities; procedures; methods of payment of rents; disposal of income; fee per acre in lieu of ad valorem taxes
§ 47-5-70. “Board” and “lessee” defined
§ 47-5-71. Construction or pavement of roads
§ 47-5-72. Establishment of regional recycling centers at regional correctional facilities; participation of inmates in recycling center work program
§ 47-5-75. Suits by or against board of corrections; tort liability insurance
§ 47-5-76. Payment of court costs for inmate’s civil action against Department employee pertaining to condition of confinement
§ 47-5-77. Remission to State Treasurer of funds belonging to correctional system; payment of bills and accounts of correctional system
§ 47-5-78. Creation of the “Lambert State Forest Revolving Fund.”
§ 47-5-79. How purchases to be made
§ 47-5-85. Chapel for religious worship; chaplain
§ 47-5-87. No gasoline or motor oil to be sold
§ 47-5-89. No solicitation nor contribution for political purposes
§ 47-5-91. Transportation of children of employees to school; payment of tuition
§ 47-5-93. Governor to make inspections
§ 47-5-94. Annual structural and environmental inspections; report of findings
§ 47-5-95. Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities
§ 47-5-99. Creation of classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers
§ 47-5-101. Meetings and minutes of classification and disciplinary hearing officers
§ 47-5-103. Powers and duties of classification hearing officer and classification board as to classification of offenders
§ 47-5-104. Demotion of offender or forfeiture of earned time
§ 47-5-105. Entry of bids, bills, and invoices in minutes before award or payment; copies to be sent
§ 47-5-107. Cancellation of contracts
§ 47-5-108. Self-sustaining food facilities established at certain penitentiary and correctional facilities; Employee Cafeteria Funds
§ 47-5-109. Operation of inmate canteen facilities; Canteen Fund
§ 47-5-109.1. Contract for administration of inmate canteen services