Mississippi § 47-5-95 - Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 47-5-95 — Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-5-95. Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities.
The members of the executive department, except the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and judicial departments of the state and members of the Legislature, shall with advance notice to the commissioner be admitted into the correctional system or any facility thereof, and other places where offenders are kept and worked, at all proper hours, for the purpose of observing the conduct thereof, and may hold conversations with the offenders apart from all correctional system officials. Other persons may visit a correctional system facility under such rules and regulations as may be established by the commissioner who shall be liable to the state on his bond for negligence in security and in an amount to be determined by the courts.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 47-5-95 cover?
Section 47-5-95 ("Officials to be admitted to places where offenders kept and worked; visitors to correctional system facilities.") 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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