MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Corrections; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Carlton, Walls

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS SHALL CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A FACILITY FOR HOUSING JUVENILE OFFENDERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The Department of Corrections shall select a suitable site in Washington County for a juvenile correctional facility not to exceed five hundred (500) beds. The Department of Corrections shall construct and equip housing and support facilities for five hundred (500) juvenile offenders. The maximum age of any juvenile housed in this facility shall be nineteen (19) years.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.