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Mississippi Code Title 47. Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole § 47-5-909

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

<This section is repealed effective July 1, 2027, pursuant to the terms of Section 47-5-911.>

(1) It is the policy of the Legislature that all inmates be removed from county jails as early as practicable.Sections 47-5-901 through 47-5-907 are temporary measures to help alleviate the immediate operating capacity limitations at correctional facilities and are not permanent measures to be included in the long-term operating capacity of the correctional system.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to expedite the removal of inmates from county jails as early as practicable, absent a contract negotiated between the Department of Corrections and the county jail, the Department of Corrections shall pay county jails for housing state offenders out of any available funds as follows:

(a) Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) per day per offender for days one (1) through thirty (30);

(b) Thirty-two Dollars and Seventy-one Cents ($32.71) per day per offender for days thirty-one (31) or greater when:

(i) An offender remains in the county jail after the Department of Corrections receives a certified copy of the sentencing order or five (5) days after the sentencing order is sent, in writing, by such county to the Department of Corrections, whichever is earlier; or

(ii) An offender remains in the county jail after being revoked from parole or probation or is sentenced to a technical violation center.

(3) The Department of Corrections is additionally responsible for all medical costs related to offenders housed at county jails under subsection (2) of this section.

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