Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-935
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Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-935
Official statutory text
Concurrent with the execution of a contract for housing of state offenders as authorized by Sections 47-5-931 through 47-5-941 , the sheriff of a county where the facility is located is designated as the Chief Corrections Officer for the facility housing state offenders, and in that capacity, shall assume responsibility for management of the corrections facility and for the provision of the care and control of the state offenders housed therein. The sheriff shall be subject to the direction of the department for management of the correctional facility. In addition to the compensation provided by Section 25-3-25 , the sheriff shall receive Fifteen Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($15,600.00) as compensation for the duties specified in Sections 47-5-931 through 47-5-941 .
Status: in_force
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