{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-942","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-942","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-942","body":"(1) The Department of Corrections, in its discretion, may contract with the board of supervisors of a county to be determined by the department, to house not more than five hundred (500) adult male maximum security state inmates in a maximum security regional correctional facility constructed only with local, federal or private funds.\n\n(2) The Department of Corrections may contract for a period of not more than twenty-five (25) years. The contract shall comply with the cost-savings requirements provided in Section 47-5-1211 . The state shall retain responsibility for medical care for state offenders to the extent that is required by law.","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":"06cf15dadd7d28f503f53239f367ccae226d720c21821c9c8e6bec51b77ba5cd","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-941","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-47-5-943"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}