Mississippi Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Subject: PRISONS AND PRISONERS

As of 04/21/98 at 09:06

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HB  42  State correctional facilities; prohibit all conjugal      Moore
        visitation in.                                         
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB  49  Parole; authorize field supervisors to visit offender's   Walker
        place of residence.                                    
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB  59  Sexual offenses; prohibit jailers from having sex with    Moak
 *      inmates.                                               
           03/26 Approved by Governor
HB 121  House arrest program; expand to include juvenile          Scott (80th)
 * %    delinquents.                                           
           02/12 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 316  State and county offenders; prohibit from filing          Endt
        complaints with the Mississippi Ethics Commission.     
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 320  Parole; authorize board to require potential parolees     Endt
 *   V  complete Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program.      
           04/20 Vetoed
HB 513  Medical Release Program; reenact and extend repealer      Ford
 *      for one year.                                          
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB 611  Correctional facilities; counties to provide all law      Moak
        enforcement personnel for regional facility.           
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 636  License tags; require Missisisppi Prison Industries to    Barnett (92nd)
        manufacture.                                           
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 649  State offenders housed in county jails; reenact and       Ford
        extend repealer for one year.                          
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 650  Penitentiary lands leased for agricultural purposes;      Ford
        reenact and extend repealer for one year.              
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 681  Death penalty; provide counsel for indigent death row     Capps
        inmates for post-conviction purposes.                  
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 801  Property; unlawful to possess drugs or alcohol on DOC     Malone
        property.                                              
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 802  Earned time allowance; modify definition of "final        Malone
        order".                                                
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 803  Offenders; may be required to submit to chemical          Malone
        analysis test more than once per month.                
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 804  Private correctional officers; authorized to use force    Malone
        and firearms.                                          
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 805  Offenders; must serve 85% of sentence for crimes of       Malone
        violence.                                              
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 907  Prisoners; administration of hospital to determine if     Moody
        guard needed while at hospital.                        
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB 924  Sexual battery; DOC employees to be guilty of under       Miller
        certain circumstances.                                 
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 972  Parole Board; change date on which it will be repealed.   Endt
 *         03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB 992  Sexually Violent Predator Law; create.                    Miller
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 994  Offenders; authorize to work for any nonprofit            Malone
 *      organization.                                          
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB1027  TB and HIV screening; require in private correctional     Moody
 *      facilities.                                            
           03/31 Approved by Governor
HB1155  Private correctional facilities; DOC to appoint           Ellis
 *      investigators to investigate and enforce state laws.   
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB1202  Sentencing options; authorize courts to impose hard       Cameron
        labor.                                                 
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1225  Intensive supervision program; authorize offenders        Smith (35th)
        convicted of drug sales to be placed in.               
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1239  Juvenile correctional facility; MDOC contract for         Malone
 *      private facility in Walnut Grove.                      
           04/17 Approved by Governor
HB1262  Prisons; unlawful to bring alcohol or drugs into.         McInnis
 *         03/17 Approved by Governor
HB1263  Department of Corrections; limit educational programs     McInnis
        to reading, writing and arithmetic.                    
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1313  Municipalities; authorize increase in reimbursement       Jennings
        from county to municipalities for housing county       
        inmates in city jails.                                 
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1401  Parole; require Department of Corrections to notify       Janus
 *      local authorities of out-of-state parolees.            
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB1423  Department of Corrections; to pay same amount to county   Banks
        jails as it pays to private facilities.                
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1485  Sexual predators; revise civil commitment at expiration   Stribling
        of sentence.                                           
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1592  Regional correctional facilities; authorize in Tippah     McElwain
        County.                                                
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1647  Offenders; allow access to law library.                   Banks
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2027  Prisoners; required to reimburse for costs of             Burton
        incarceration.                                         
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2067  Inmates; require to pay costs of incarceration if able.   Carter
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2145  Prisoners; require to pay cost of incarceration.          Carter
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2196  Inmates in correctional facilities; shall be tested for   Bean
        TB and HIV pursuant to regulations of the State Board  
        of Health.                                             
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2233  House arrest; provide for immediate incarceration for     Smith
        violation while on.                                    
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2390  Guards for hospitalized prisoners; hospital               Bean
 *      administration may require.                            
           02/11 (S) Failed
SB2510  Jailers; require to complete basic and continuing         Kirby
        education courses.                                     
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2547  Corrections; authorize DOC to construct prison on state   Furniss
        land in Quitman County.                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2591  Prisons; authorize private guards to use necessary        Huggins
 *      force to recapture escapees.                           
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2592  Sexual predators; provide civil commitment at             Huggins
        expiration of sentence.                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2719  Sexual predators; provide civil commitment at             Smith
        expiration of sentence.                                
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2721  House arrest; violator of conditions placed in custody    Huggins
 *      of DOC.                                                
           03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2722  Inmates; require to pay for lawsuits if has funds in      Huggins
        inmate account or if frivolous.                        
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2724  Earned time; allow nonviolent offenders to be eligible    Huggins
 *      for increased.                                         
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2726  Corrections; provide for forfeiture of earned time for    Huggins
        baseless lawsuit.                                      
           03/16 Approved by Governor
SB2727  Prisons; prohibit possession of alcohol and drugs on      Huggins
        public and private.                                    
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2728  Inmates; remove restrictions on drug testing of.          Huggins
           03/11 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2734  Sexual battery; define penetration of inmate by MDOC      Huggins
        employee or contractor as.                             
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2753  Parole; increase supervision fee for offenders.           Huggins
   %       02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2842  Offenders; authorize to work for any nonprofit            White (29th)
        organization.                                          
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2960  Juvenile correctional facility; authorize contract.       Smith
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2961  Intensive supervision; revise terms of commitment to.     Dickerson
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3018  Regional jails; board of supervisors to exercise          Walls
        oversight.                                             
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB3087  Prisoners; authorize DOC to contract with private         Jackson
        facility in Kemper County to house.                    
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3127  Executions; require lethal injection.                     Turner
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee



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