{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-539","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-539","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-539","body":"For the purposes of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 , the following terms shall have the following meaning unless the context shall provide otherwise:\n\n(a) “ Chief executive officer ” means the chief executive officer of the corporation established under this chapter.\n\n(b) “ Corporation ” means the private nonprofit corporation which is required to be organized and formed to carry out the provisions of Sections 47-5-531 through 47-5-575 regarding prison industries.\n\n(c) “ Department ” means the State Department of Corrections.\n\n(d) “ Inmate ” means any person under the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Department of Corrections who is incarcerated within any of the following state, regional or private correctional facilities:\n\n(i) Central Mississippi Correctional Facility;\n\n(ii) Marshall County Correctional Facility;\n\n(iii) Mississippi State Penitentiary;\n\n(iv) Delta Correctional Facility;\n\n(v) Mississippi Correctional Institute for Women;\n\n(vi) South Mississippi Correctional Institution;\n\n(vii) Walnut Grove Correctional Facility;\n\n(viii) Alcorn County Regional Correctional Facility;\n\n(ix) Carroll/Montgomery County Regional Correctional Facility;\n\n(x) George/Greene County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xi) Bolivar County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xii) Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility;\n\n(xiii) Holmes/Humphreys County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xiv) Issaquena County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xv) Kemper/Neshoba County Regional Correctional Facility;\n\n(xvi) Jefferson/Franklin County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xvii) Leake County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xviii) Marion/Walthall County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xix) Washington County Regional Correctional Facility;\n\n(xx) Yazoo Regional Correctional Facility;\n\n(xxi) Stone County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xxii) Winston/Choctaw County Correctional Facility;\n\n(xxiii) East Mississippi Correctional Facility; and\n\n(xxiv) Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.\n\n(e) “ Prison industry program ” means any program which is considered to be a part of any prison industry in this state.\n\n(f) “Prison agricultural enterprises” means all agricultural endeavors as defined in Section 47-5-353 .\n\n(g) “ Work initiative ” or “ initiative ” means the program authorized in Section 47-5-579 .","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":"e3775aa20004cd9261fbe04241148b08ef8a400d424735d995450623288ae134","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-537","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}