Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-47 (2026)
Escape of prisoners; penalty for penitentiary convicts serving less than life term; attempt by force or violence
✓ current as of July 2026
Every person lawfully imprisoned in the penitentiary for any term less than life, who shall attempt, by force or violence to any person, to escape from such prison, whether such escape be effected or not, shall, upon conviction, be adjudged to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term not less than five years, to commence after the termination of the imprisonment to which such person shall have been sentenced at the time of such attempt.
Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 12, Title 5(23); 1857, ch. 64, art. 96; 1871, § 2561; 1880, § 2801; 1892, § 1078; 1906, § 1158; Hemingway's 1917, § 885; 1930, § 911; 1942, § 2140.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1995–2002 · leading case: Russell v. State, 670 So. 2d 816 (Miss. 1995).
Russell v. State, 670 So. 2d 816 (Miss. 1995). “" We note however, that there is no offense simply entitled "escape" in the Mississippi Code.”
United States v. Jerry Franklin, 302 F.3d 722 (7th Cir. 2002). “§ 97-9-45 (establishing penalties for escape by parolees); Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-47 (establishing penalties for escape by force or violence), and because at argument Franklin effectively conceded that the government correctly identified the proper statute, we will proceed under…”
United States v. Franklin, Jerry (7th Cir. 2002). “The other possible statutory provisions for escape contain additional elements not referenced in Franklin’s indictment, see Miss. Code Ann. § 97-9-45 (establishing penalties for escape by parolees); Miss.”
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