Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Offenders; require the Department of Corrections to segregate certain offenders.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/10 (H) Referred To Penitentiary | |
| 2 | 02/05 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2002 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Guice
Title: AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW CODE SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 47-5-121.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COMMISSIONER OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO SEGREGATE OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF A FIRST OFFENSE OF THE POSSESSION OF DRUGS OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES AND OFFENDERS CONVICTED OF A FIRST OFFENSE OF THE OPERATION OF A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR, DRUGS OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, FROM OTHER OFFENDERS IN THE GENERAL PRISON POPULATION; TO REQUIRE THESE OFFENDERS TO BE PLACED IN A SEPARATE FACILITY WHERE PRACTICABLE; TO REQUIRE DRUG REHABILITATION COUNSELORS TO BE ON THE PREMISES AND TO BE READILY AVAILABLE TO THESE OFFENDERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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