MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2007 Regular Session
To: Corrections
By: Senator(s) Doxey
AN ACT TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 47-5-553, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING TO CLARIFY THE SECURITY CERTIFICATION PROCESS AT PRISON INDUSTRY FACILITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-553, Mississippi Code of 1972, is brought forward as follows:
47-5-553. Before any prison industry may commence operations, the superintendent of the state correctional facility where such industry is to be located shall certify in writing to the chief executive officer of the corporation whether or not such facility has proper security. If such superintendent fails to certify the facility as having proper security, he shall certify in writing to the chief executive officer of the corporation what improvements are needed for the facility to have proper security. The corporation shall furnish its own security within the parameters of any prison industry work area.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.