Mississippi § 47-1-13 - By contract county may work under guard certain prisoners before indictment and conviction.
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§ 47-1-13. By contract county may work under guard certain prisoners before indictment and conviction.
Any person being held in the county jail in default of bail to await trial, except those held for treason, murder, arson, or rape, and except such as the sheriff may deem it improper to let out, may on application to the sheriff of the county, be allowed to work on the county farm or on the public roads or other county public works as other convicts are worked and at the same wage. The board of supervisors shall settle with prisoners so working at their regular meetings monthly. But if it appears that it is not to the best interest of the county to work such prisoners, the board may decline at any time to employ them.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-1-13 ("By contract county may work under guard certain prisoners before indictment and conviction.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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