Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Corrections; revise criteria for assigning or allowing offenders to participate in Public Service Work Programs.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/20 (H) Referred To Penitentiary | |
| 2 | 02/04 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2003 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Malone
Code Sections: A 047-0005-0110, A 047-0005-0401, A 047-0005-0451, A 047-0005-0573
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 47-5-110, 47-5-401, 47-5-451 AND 47-5-573, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL NOT MAKE ASSIGNMENTS TO COMMUNITY WORK CENTERS, PUBLIC SERVICE WORK PROGRAMS OR CORRECTIONAL WORK PROGRAMS BASED SOLELY ON WHETHER AN OFFENDER IS CLASSIFIED AS VIOLENT OR NONVIOLENT OFFENDER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MAY INCLUDE CLASSIFICATION OF AN OFFENDER AS A VIOLENT OR NONVIOLENT OFFENDER AS ONE OF THE FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO ASSIGN AN OFFENDER TO A COMMUNITY WORK CENTER, PUBLIC SERVICE WORK PROGRAM OR CORRECTIONAL WORK PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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