Mississippi § 47-5-933 - Contracts for incarceration of state offenders in county facilities; medical care.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 47-5-933 — Contracts for incarceration of state offenders in county facilities; medical care., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-5-933. Contracts for incarceration of state offenders in county facilities; medical care.
The Department of Corrections may contract for the purposes set out in Section 47-5-931 for a period of not more than twenty (20) years. The contract may provide that the Department of Corrections pay a fee of up to Twenty-nine Dollars and Seventy-four Cents ($29.74) per day for each offender that is housed in the facility. The Department of Corrections may include in the contract, as an inflation factor, a three percent (3%) annual increase in the contract price. The state shall retain responsibility for medical care for state offenders to the extent that is required by law.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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