Mississippi House Bill 1291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Department Of Corrections To Create A Statewide Work Release Program At Any Facility That Is Approved To House State Offenders, Which Is To Include County Correctional Facilities; To Provide Eligibility Requirements For Offender Participation For The Program; To Provide That Eligible Inmates May Request To Participate In The Program And A Third-party Coordinator Shall Select Inmates For Admission To The Program, With Oversight From The Department; To Provide That An Offender May Be Removed From The Program If Rules Are Violated; To Provide That Wages Earned By The Offender Shall Be Utilized To Pay Child Support, Fines, Restitution And Other Expenses; To Provide That The Department Shall Pay A Certain Daily Amount To Counties That House Inmates Who Participate In The Program; To Require The Coordinator To Collect Certain Data Pertaining To The Participants Of The Program And To Provide That Such Data Shall Be Shared With The Joint Legislative Committee On Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer) And The Corrections And Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force; And For Related Purposes.

Department of Corrections; authorize to create a statewide work release program at facilities that house state inmates.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-02-28	House	DR - TSDPCS: CN To AP
2024-02-19	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB1291.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1291IN.htm