Mississippi Legislature

1997 Regular Session

Subject: PENITENTIARIES

As of 12/08/97 at 11:59

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HB  90  Parole; require potential parolees to complete            Endt
        court-imposed program before being paroled.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 297  State Parole Board; create three-member board for North   Endt
        Mississippi and three-member board for South           
        Mississippi.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 387  State offenders; extend date of repeal for housing in     Ford
        county jails.                                          
           03/24 Approved by Governor
HB 399  Offenders; extend date of repeal for medical release      Ford
        of.                                                    
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 400  Leasing of penitentiary lands; extend date of repeal.     Ford
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 427  Prisons; unlawful to bring alcohol or drugs into.         McInnis
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 478  State offenders; allow voluntary work for Habitat for     Cameron
 *      Humanity.                                              
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 568  State correctional facilities; prohibit all conjugal      Moore
        visitation in.                                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 569  Corporal punishment; mandate for first time nonviolent    Moore
        adult and juvenile offenders.                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 606  Jailers; require to complete basic and continuing         Green (96th)
        education courses.                                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 608  Offenders; require to be classified as paroled when       Malone
        placed on medical release.                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 681  Jailers; establish minimum training standards.            Chaney
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 716  State offenders; are to be under the supervision of DOC   Malone
 *      when placed in the Medical Release Program.            
           03/31 (H) Died In Conference
HB1070  Commitment; persons in jail provided medical and mental   Perry
        health care.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1415  Prison industries; authorize to locate at a private       Malone
 *      correctional facility or at a regional correctional    
        facility.                                              
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB1536  Correctional facilities; authorize private federal        Reynolds
 * %    prisons to locate in counties.                         
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB1659  Prison construction; increase maximum capacity of         Woods
        Marshall County/Wilkinson County facility.             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1700  Correctional facility; authorize to house minimum         Gadd
        security offenders in Marshall or Wilkinson County.    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1719  Sales tax; tax sales of certain agricultural equipment    Williams
 *$%    at three percent (STC).                                
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2030  Central MS Correctional Facility; name medical building   Kirby
        after Dr. Robert L. Peede.                             
           03/17 Approved by Governor
SB2221  Juvenile delinquents; require juvenile detention          Burton
   %*   facilities funded through state bond issue; create     
        Department of Youth Development.                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2248  State Parole Board; abolish.                              Huggins
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2466  Corrections; make medical release conditional.            Huggins
 *         03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2546  Prisoners; authorize DOC to contract with private         Jackson
        facility in Kemper County to house.                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2585  Corrections; authorize DOC to construct prison on state   Furniss
        land in Quitman County.                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2656  Corrections; prohibit conjugal visits with inmates.       Johnson (19th)
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2841  State Parole Board; create 5 member.                      Furniss
 *         04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2871  Require minimum standards for jails.                      Walls
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2925  Prisons; allow prison industries to work state inmates    Huggins
 *      at private facilities.                                 
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB3079  Appropriation; DOC Medical Expenses & County              Hall
 *      Reimbursement; Additional, FY97.                       
           03/25 Approved by Governor



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