Miss. Code § 47-5-303

Current through the 2024 Regular Session
Section 47-5-303 - Declaration of purpose

The aims and purposes of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 are:

(a) To utilize the labor of offenders for self-maintenance and for reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment; and
(b) To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of penitentiary products directly through established state authorities and to permit the sale of such products to the public.

Miss. Code § 47-5-303

Laws, 1978, ch. 408, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 516, § 1; brought forward, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 76; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 76, eff. 3/28/1986.