Miss. Code § 47-5-539

Current through the 2024 Regular Session

Section 47-5-539 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2027] Definitions

For the purposes of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575, the following terms shall have the following meaning unless the context shall provide otherwise:

(a) "Chief executive officer" means the chief executive officer of the corporation established under this chapter.

(b) "Corporation" means the private nonprofit corporation which is required to be organized and formed to carry out the provisions of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 regarding prison industries.

(c) "Department" means the State Department of Corrections.

(d) "Inmate" means any person under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Corrections who is incarcerated within any of the following state, regional or private correctional facilities:

(i) Central Mississippi Correctional Facility;

(ii) Marshall County Correctional Facility;

(iii) Mississippi State Penitentiary;

(iv) Delta Correctional Facility;

(v) Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women;

(vi) South Mississippi Correctional Institution;

(vii) Walnut Grove Correctional Facility;

(viii) Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility;

(ix) Carroll/Montgomery County Regional Correctional Facility;

(x) George/Greene County Correctional Facility;

(xi) Bolivar County Correctional Facility;

(xii) Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility;

(xiii) Holmes/Humphreys County Correctional Facility;

(xiv) Issaquena County Correctional Facility;

(xv) Kemper/Neshoba County Regional Correctional Facility;

(xvi) Jefferson/Franklin County Correctional Facility;

(xvii) Leake County Correctional Facility;

(xviii) Marion/Walthall County Correctional Facility;

(xix) Washington County Regional Correctional Facility;

(xx) Yazoo Regional Correctional Facility;

(xxi) Stone County Correctional Facility;

(xxii) Winston/Choctaw County Correctional Facility;

(xxiii) East Mississippi Correctional Facility; and

(xxiv) Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.

(e) "Prison industry program" means any program which is considered to be a part of any prison industry in this state.

(f) "Prison agricultural enterprises" means all agricultural endeavors as defined in Section 47-5-353.

(g) "Work initiative" or "initiative" means the program authorized in Section 47-5-579.

Miss. Code § 47-5-539

Laws, 1990, ch. 534, § 5; Laws, 1992, ch. 506, § 8; reenacted without change, Laws, 1996, ch. 547, § 14, eff. 4/13/1996.

Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 464, SB 2445,§ 8, eff. 7/1/2024.

Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 493, SB 2437,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2022.

Amended by Laws, 2022, ch. 464, HB 863,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2022.