The plantation known as Parchman owned by the state in Sunflower and Quitman Counties, and in such other places as are now or may be hereafter owned or operated by the state for correctional purposes shall constitute the facilities of the correctional system for the custody, punishment, confinement at hard labor and reformation of all persons convicted of felony in the courts of the state and sentenced to the custody of the department, and whenever the term "penitentiary" or "state penitentiary" appears in the laws of the State of Mississippi, it shall mean any facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections which is used for the purposes described herein.
Codes, 1942, § 7922; Laws, 1964, ch. 378, § 2 1976, ch. 440, § 19; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 2; Laws, 1984, ch. 397; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 2; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 2, eff. 3/28/1986.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1992–2018 · leading case:
Gardner v. State, 848 So. 2d 900 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003).
Gardner v. State, 848 So. 2d 900 (Miss. Ct. App. 2003).
“" Miss.Code Ann. § 47-5-3 (Supp.2002). "Commitment to any institution or facility within the jurisdiction of the department shall be to the department, not to a particular institution or facility.”
Nicolaou v. State, 596 So. 2d 863 (Miss. 1992).
· cites it 2× “The Mississippi Department of Corrections *865 is vested with the responsibility of providing facilities for the confinement of all persons convicted of a felony in the courts of this state and sentenced to the custody of the department, Miss.Code Ann. § 47-5-3 (Supp.1991), and…”
Cedric Brown v. State of Mississippi, 166 So. 3d 565 (Miss. Ct. App. 2015).
“See Miss.Code Ann. § 47-5-3 (Rev.2011). Brown’s sentence for this misdemeanor should have reflected that his imprisonment would be in the county jail and not under MDOC supervision.”
Rodney Wayne Smith v. State of Mississippi, 270 So. 3d 1052 (Miss. Ct. App. 2018).
· cites it 2× “Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-3 (Rev. 2015). The Legislature has defined "facility," as used in the above definition, to include "any facility for the custody, care, treatment and study of offenders which is under the supervision and control of the [MDOC], including but not limited to…”
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