Any convict working under the direction of the board of supervisors who renders efficient services and complies with all necessary rules and regulations may have deducted from the term of his imprisonment one-fourth (1/4) thereof.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-1-15
Deductions from sentence for efficient work
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Vuncannon v. United States (2013)
Most recently applied in Vuncannon v. United States (March 2013)
Codes, 1892, § 783; 1906, § 842; Hemingway’s 1917, § 4017; 1930, § 4066; 1942, § 7907; Laws, 1908, ch. 109; Laws, 1932, ch. 199.
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