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Mississippi Code Title 47. Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole § 47-5-149

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

If any offender of the United States courts who has been delivered to the custody of the department shall escape or attempt to escape, or shall commit any other crime while in the state correctional system, he shall be liable to the like punishment as if he had been convicted by the courts of the state.

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