Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-71 (2024)
Sheriff to serve as jailer; separate rooms by gender; training
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- (1) The sheriff shall be the jailer of his county and, in the performance of his duties as jailer, he shall employ a jailer or jailers to have charge of the prisoners in the jail. However, in any county in which there is a jointly owned jail, the jailer, pursuant to Section 47-1-49, shall be the person appointed by the governing authorities of the municipality insofar as municipal prisoners are concerned. The sheriff shall keep in the jail thereof separate rooms by gender, and shall not permit any communication between a male and a female prisoner, unless they be married.
- (2) The board of supervisors of the county shall pay the tuition, living and travel expenses incurred by a person in attending and participating in the basic and continuing education courses for county jail officers.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 28, art 3 (15); 1857, ch. 6, art 131; 1871, § 237; 1880, § 343; 1892, § 4136; 1906, § 4687; Hemingway's 1917, § 3104; 1930, § 3334; 1942, § 4259; Laws, 1896, p 153; Laws, 1966, ch. 369, § 2; Laws, 1968, ch. 552, § 2; Laws, 1998, ch. 486, § 1; Laws, 1999, ch. 482, § 9, eff. 7/1/1999.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1979–2015 · leading case: Howell v. Bd. of Supervisors, 70 So. 3d 1148 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011).
Howell v. Bd. of Supervisors, 70 So. 3d 1148 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-71(1) (Rev.2003). See also Miss.”
Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf & on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, 636 F.2d 1364 (5th Cir. 1981). “CLASS ACTION The complaint made two separate allegations: (1) the defendants had acted or refused to act on grounds generally applicable to the plaintiff class, making injunctive or declaratory relief appropriate (the situation referred to in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure…”
Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf & on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. Diamond, Etc., 594 F.2d 997 (5th Cir. 1979). “As a matter of fact, Mississippi law requires that prisoners shall have “daily wholesome and sufficient food and drink”, Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-71 (1972). Prison Mail The recent case of Guajardo v.”
Stewart v. Winter, 87 F.R.D. 760 (N.D. Miss. 1980). “Designated as county jailor, the sheriff has the duty to provide for all inmate needs, § 19-25-71, including medical aid, § 47-1-57.”
Freda Howell v. Bd. of Supervisors of Jefferson Davis Cnty., Mississippi, 179 So. 3d 34 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015). “We acknowledge that Mississippi Code Annotated section 19-25-71 (Rev. 2012) indeed recognizes the authority of a county sheriff as a county jailer.”
Green v. Ferrell, 500 F. Supp. 870 (S.D. Miss. 1980). “Clothing The Court finds that convicted prisoners accepted into the jail are not furnished clothing except in instances where prisoners are unable to secure needed clothing from family or friends, as authorized by Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-71 (1979 Supp.). All prisoners are…”
Miss. Code Ann. § 19-25-71(1): 1 case
Howell v. Bd. of Supervisors, 70 So. 3d 1148 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011). “Miss.Code Ann. § 19-25-71(1) (Rev.2003). See also Miss.”
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