Mississippi § 47-5-129 - Offenders to work certain roads; Sunflower County.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 47-5-129 — Offenders to work certain roads; Sunflower County., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-5-129. Offenders to work certain roads; Sunflower County.
Sunflower County shall have the use of not over thirty-five (35) offenders six (6) workdays of each week for the purpose of working the roads of Sunflower County. The board of supervisors of Sunflower County shall lay out and designate the roads to be worked by the offenders, and the board of supervisors shall furnish transportation to and from the Parchman facility for the offenders. The supervision and handling of offenders while working on the roads shall be under the road sergeant, it being understood that all offenders so worked on the road shall be returned to the Parchman facility at night.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-5-129 ("Offenders to work certain roads; Sunflower County.") 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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