Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-99 (2026)
Creation of classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers
✓ current as of July 2026
There are hereby created classification hearing officers and disciplinary hearing officers of the correctional system to be appointed by the commissioner.
Laws, 1973, ch. 309, § 1; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 49; reenacted, Laws, 1981, ch. 465, § 51; reenacted, Laws, 1984, ch. 471, § 46; reenacted, Laws, 1986, ch. 413, § 46; Laws, 1991, ch. 360 § 1; Laws, 2001, ch. 393, § 1, eff. 7/1/2001.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases (7 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Carson v. Hargett, 689 So. 2d 753 (Miss. 1996).
Carson v. Hargett, 689 So. 2d 753 (Miss. 1996). “Citing Miss. Code Ann. §§ 47-5-99 through 47-5-103 and Meachum , the Fifth Circuit found that an inmate has no liberty interest in his custody classification.”
Robert E. Tubwell v. Frances T. Griffith, Etc., 742 F.2d 250 (5th Cir. 1984). “Tubwell also contends that since no evidence was presented that he had attempted to' escape or assault anyone while incarcerated at Parchman, the defendants abused their authority by classifying him as a C custody inmate. Under Mississippi state law, the classification of…”
Bilbo v. Thigpen, 647 So. 2d 678 (Miss. 1994). “However, the Classification Committee, created pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-99 (1972), was charged with the determination of the living quarters of prisoners.”
Harth v. Mississippi Dep't of Corr. (N.D. Miss. 2021). “Prisoner classification and housing are matters squarely within the “broad discretion” of prison officials, “free from judicial intervention” except in extreme circumstances. McCord, 910 F.2d at 1250 (citations omitted).”
Lambert v. MDOC (N.D. Miss. 2023). “Prisoner housing assignments and 3 Lambert does reference current MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain in his show cause response, but Lambert did not name Cain as a defendant in his complaint nor previous related filings. See Doc. # 40, pp.”
Patrick v. McClure (N.D. Miss. 2023). “1990) (citations omitted); Miss. Code Ann. §§ 47-5-99 to -103 (1993).”
Tankersley v. Smith (N.D. Miss. 2023). “1990) (citations omitted); Miss. Code Ann. §§ 47-5-99 to -103 (1993).”
Amerson v. Dudley (N.D. Miss. 2024). “McCord, 910 F.2d at 1250 (citations omitted).”
Amerson v. Dudley (N.D. Miss. 2024). “2d at 1250 (citations omitted). As such, the punishment for RVR #01859490 does not indicate the presence of a protectable liberty or property interest.”
Kiker (N.D. Miss. 2026). “2d at 1250 (citations omitted). As Kiker has not identified any such extreme circumstances, the instant case will be dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.”
Unknown. “3 § 14, and Miss. Code Ann. §§ 47-5-99 to 47-5-103. Because these claims were not presented to the district court, this court will not address them.”
Michael Brown v. Othieal Clark (Miss. 1996). “The Mississippi legislature, according to Miss. Code Ann. §§ 47-5-99 through 103 (1993), has given discretion to the Department of Corrections in determining the classification of inmates and "an inmate has no right to a particular classification.”
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