HB 1746
Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.
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Bill overview
An act to prohibit any privately operated correctional facility from increasing its housing capacity if the facility is utilized by the state to house state offenders; To prohibit the state from entering into any new contractual agreement with any private entity for the housing of state offenders; To amend sections 47-4-1, 47-4-3, 47-4-5, 47-4-11, 47-5-1105, 47-5-1109, 47-5-1115, 47-5-1207, 47-5-1211, 47-5-1213 and 47-5-1219, mississippi code of 1972, to conform to the preceding section; And for related purposes.
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