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Senate passes bill in regards to Department of Corrections
By kempercountymessenger.com- Sampson Jackson
Published: 03/22/2018

Earlier this month we amended and passed House Bill 387, that would mandate court officials to not automatically arrest persons who are legitimately unable to pay fines, restitution and court costs and would make parole eligible inmates who have served 25-percent of their sentence if they were not convicted of a violent crime, drug trafficking, sex crime or other crime that prohibits early release. It also would direct the Legislative PEER Committee to conduct a one-time jail population census throughout the state and to create the Mississippi Sentencing Disparity Task Force as recommended by the Re-Entry council.

As Chairman of the Senate Corrections Committee, I have long pushed for us to rethink and reform many procedures within the Department of Corrections.

We passed House Bill 766 that would enable the state Fair Commission to purchase property to its east when money becomes available. The vacant buildings could provide expansion space for the fairgrounds.

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