{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-1225","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1225","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-1225","body":"No contract for private correctional facilities or services shall authorize, allow, or imply a delegation of the authority or responsibility of the state to a prison contractor to:\n\n(a) Classify inmates or place inmates in less restrictive custody or more restrictive custody;\n\n(b) Transfer an inmate, although the contractor may recommend in writing that the department transfer a particular inmate;\n\n(c) Grant, deny, or revoke sentence credits;\n\n(d) Recommend that the parole board either deny or grant parole, although the contractor may submit written reports that have been prepared in the ordinary course of business;\n\n(e) Develop and implement procedures for calculating sentence credits or inmate release and parole eligibility dates;\n\n(f) Require an inmate to work, except on department-approved projects; approve the type of work that inmates may perform; or award or withhold wages or sentence credits based on the manner in which individual inmates perform such work; or\n\n(g) Determine inmate eligibility for furlough and work release.","path":["MS Code","Title 47"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"b090c6be87a99a098d9128dc3b65eb83d7e03b5ae7234fe090367109c98f7108","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-1223","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-1227"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}