Declaration of purpose
Laws, 1978, ch. 408, § 2; Laws, 1981, ch. 516, § 1; brought forward, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 76; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 76, eff from and after passage (approved March …
The aims and purposes of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 are:
To utilize the labor of offenders for self-maintenance and for reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment; and
To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of penitentiary products directly through established state authorities and to permit the sale of such products to the public.
Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.