Mississippi Legislature
2001 Regular Session

Subject: PRISONS AND PRISONERS

As of 04/25/01 at 09:44

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HB 191  Corrections; permit housing of state inmates and          Mayo
        out-of-state inmates in same facility under certain    
        conditions.                                            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 192  DNA identification; require every offender committed to   Mitchell
        the custody of the Mississippi Department of           
        Corrections to get DNA test.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 193  Corrections; authorize mandatory rehabilitation program   Fleming
        for offenders convicted of drug-related crime.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 438  State offenders serving sentence in county jails;         Ford
     V  extend repealer.                                       
           03/20 (H) Do Sustain Veto
HB 457  DNA testing; require for felons.                          Guice
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 466  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Ford
     V     03/16 (H) Do Sustain Veto
HB 475  Agricultural leases of prison lands; extend repealer.     Ford
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 480  Intensive Supervision Program; extend repealer.           Ford
 * % V     03/26 (H) Do Sustain Veto
HB 518  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Ford
        repealer.                                              
           03/13 Approved by Governor
HB 531  Corrections; increase the number of beds at the Walnut    Malone
        Grove Correctional Facility.                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 573  Correctional facilities; provide additional               Moak
        compensation for sheriff who provides management       
        support.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 632  DNA; require testing of all felons.                       Ishee
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 633  DNA testing; require for all felons.                      Fillingane
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 636  DNA; require DNA testing of convicted murderers.          Roberson
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 680  Historical cemeteries; authorize use of prison labor to   Ellis
        maintain.                                              
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 712  DNA; database for all convicted felons.                   Chism
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 851  Prisoners; create medical release program for             Ellis
 *      offenders.                                             
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 928  Prisoners; create the Interstate Compact for Adult        McBride
        Offender Supervision.                                  
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 958  Sentencing; revise 85% rule to apply only to violent      Snowden
        offenders.                                             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB 982  Corrections; revise restrictions on placement of          Malone
        inmates in the earned probation program.               
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB 994  Earned-time allowance; allow certain offenders to         Blackmon
        receive one day earned for each day served assuming    
        current parole grants.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1005  Earned-time allowance; allow nonviolent offenders and     Blackmon
        certain drug offenders to receive one day earned for   
        each day served.                                       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1011  Transfer of offenders treaty; transfer in accordance      Holland
        with treaty between United States and the foreign      
        country.                                               
           03/19 Approved by Governor
HB1012  Correctional facilities; increase number of beds at       Malone
        certain facilities.                                    
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1056  Earned-time allowance; allow certain offenders to         Blackmon
        receive one day earned for each day served.            
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1083  Department of Corrections; shall pay same amount to       Banks
        county jails as it pays to private facilities.         
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1089  Corrections; revise 85% mandatory sentencing by           Scott (80th)
        excluding nonviolent offenders and creating a          
        rehabilitative program.                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1105  Correctional facility; authorize construction in Lamar    Fillingane
        County.                                                
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1138  Corrections; revise requirements for meritorious earned   Malone
        time and remove limit on time earned by inmate.        
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1228  Earned-time allowance; revise,.                           Moak
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1229  Intensive supervision program; provide that persons       Moak
        convicted of certain crimes shall not be placed in the 
        program.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1230  Prisoners; create medical release program for offenders   Malone
        who are completely bedridden.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1244  Private correctional facilities; rescind authority to     Evans
        build private prisons.                                 
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1248  State inmates; increase reimbursement to counties for     Green
        housing.                                               
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1292  Correctional facilities; create a toll free hotline       Clarke
        service in all correctional facilities to investigate  
        sexual abuse against inmates.                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1312  Corrections; revise name, procedure and meetings of the   Malone
        classification committee.                              
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1358  Earned time; include additional programs by which a       Malone
 *      trusty may acquire.                                    
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB1364  Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with     Formby
        any county for housing of state offenders.             
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1365  Department of Corrections; authorize to contract to       Formby
        house state inmates in county or regional jails.       
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1371  Offenders; authorize to work for any nonprofit            Malone
 *      organization.                                          
           02/27 (S) Died In Committee
HB1389  Meritorious earned time; allow sentence to be reduced     Banks
        by up to one-third of period of confinement.           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1464  Walnut Grove Correctional Facility; authorize per diem    Malone
        for members.                                           
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1469  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Malone
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           01/30 (H) Died In Committee
HB1481  Intensive Supervision Program; delete provision           Malone
 *      restricting the time when an offender may be placed in.
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB1652  Washington County; authorize construction of a            Straughter
   % V  correctional facility in Hollandale, Mississippi.      
           03/30 (H) Do Sustain Veto
HB1691  Quitman County; authorize to contract for housing of      Henderson
        county inmates in lieu of operating a county jail.     
           04/12 Approved by Governor
SB2062  Corrections; authorize DOC to construct prison on state   Furniss
        land in Quitman County.                                
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2142  Prison industries; define agricultural commodities.       Posey
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB2220  Law enforcement; create program for additional officers   Posey
        in county with regional prison.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2277  Corrections; DOC to contract with Walthall County for     Stogner
        regional facility.                                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2320  Jails; must allow arrestees reasonable telephone usage.   Minor
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2332  Corrections; exempt inmates meeting conduct, work and     Simmons
        educational requirements from the 85% sentence         
        requirement.                                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2385  License tags; MS Prison Industries to manufacture.        Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2386  License tags; provide preference for competitive bid by   Smith
 *      prison industries for manufacture.                     
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2437  Prison industries; require private prison with state      Smith
        inmates to purchase clothing from MS Prison Industries 
        Corporation.                                           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2463  Regional corrections facilities; require facility         Smith
        dedicated to substance abuse treatment of nonviolent   
        inmates.                                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2468  License tags; provide preference for competitive bid by   Smith
        prison industries for manufacture.                     
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2469  Prison Industries; make technical revisions to work       Smith
        programs.                                              
           03/14 Approved by Governor
SB2498  DNA; biological sample from all convicted felons.         Carlton
 *         02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2569  Corrections; revise house arrest and work center          Jackson
 *      eligibility.                                           
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2686  Corrections; mandate testing inmates for alcohol and      Dawkins
        controlled substances.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2774  Corrections; Intensive Supervision Program and House      Smith
        Arrest; extend repealer.                               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2777  Corrections; authorize DOC to use inmate labor to         Smith
        expand community work centers.                         
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB2793  Corrections; revise work training program requirements.   Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2794  Corrections; revise requirements for meritorious earned   Smith *
        time and remove limit on time earned by inmate.        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2835  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Smith
        repealer.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2867  Corrections; authorize increase in state inmates in       Smith *
        private facility in Marshall County.                   
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2868  Corrections; expand trusty earned time allowance          Smith
        programs.                                              
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2869  Corrections; allow regional jails to keep canteen money   Huggins
        for benefit of the regional jail inmates.              
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB2871  House arrest; court retain jurisdiction.                  Chamberlin
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2872  Corrections; revise restrictions on placement of          Smith *
        inmates in the earned probation program.               
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2874  Regional jails; authorize work programs with              Smith
        Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation.             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2876  Felons; may be sentenced to county jail.                  Smith
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2877  Corrections; increase reimbursement to counties for       Tollison
        housing state inmates.                                 
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2878  Corrections; remove requirement that private guards       Smith *
        train at public facilities.                            
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2879  Corrections; revise time for placement in house arrest.   Smith *
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2880  Correctional facilities; increase number of beds at       Smith *
        Delta Correctional Facility in Leflore County.         
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2881  Correctional facility; increase number of beds at         Smith *
        Walnut Grove juvenile facility.                        
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2905  Corrections; authorize regional jail in Montgomery        Huggins
        county for female inmates.                             
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2906  Corrections; authorize Chickasaw regional jail to house   Gordon
        female offenders and set reimbursement rate.           
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2956  Corrections; revise allocation of funds in the Inmate     Smith *
        Welfare Fund.                                          
           01/30 (S) Died In Committee
SB2991  Corrections; authorize early work release for certain     Ross
 *      nonviolent inmates.                                    
           02/27 (H) Died In Committee
SB3018  Special Needs Prison Program; extend repealer.            Smith
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB3022  Corrections; state offenders serving sentence in county   Smith
        jails; extend repealer.                                
           03/11 Approved by Governor
SB3028  Corrections; abolish classification committees and        Smith *
 *      create hearing officers; nonviolent first offenders    
        eligible for parole.                                   
           03/12 Approved by Governor
SB3202  Chickasaw County; authorize construction of a             Gordon
   % V  correctional facility.                                 
           03/30 Vetoed

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