If any offender of the United States courts who has been delivered to the custody of the department shall escape or attempt to escape, or shall commit any other crime while in the state correctional system, he shall be liable to the like punishment as if he had been convicted by the courts of the state.
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-149
United States offenders subject to the laws of the state
Codes, 1942, § 7978; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 58; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 71; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 78; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 69; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch.…
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