2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 27 - Department of Youth Services.
43-27-39 - Use of Columbia Training School as secure training school for juvenile delinquents to be discontinued; all youth adjudicated to training school to be housed at Oakley Training School; use of Columbia Training School property.
§ 43-27-39. Use of Columbia Training School as secure training school for juvenile delinquents to be discontinued; all youth adjudicated to training school to be housed at Oakley Training School; use of Columbia Training School property.
(1) The purpose of this section is to ensure that Mississippi's juvenile justice system is cost-efficient and effective at reducing juvenile crime and to create a continuum of options for Mississippi's youth court judges so that they are better equipped to protect our communities and to care for our children.
(2) The Columbia Training School shall no longer operate as a secure training school for juvenile delinquents. All youth, both male and female, committed to the custody of the Department of Human Services and adjudicated to training school shall be housed at the Oakley Training School. The Oakley Training School shall provide gender-specific treatment for youth who are adjudicated delinquent.
(3) A portion of the Columbia Training School property and facilities may be used as a short-term prerelease center or half-way house for nonviolent male offenders committed to the Department of Corrections who are within one (1) year of their release dates for the purpose of assisting them to prepare for release and reentering their communities. A portion of the Columbia Training School property and facilities also may be used as or leased to a private entity for use as a substance treatment and rehabilitation center for nonviolent male offenders.
(4) Any portion of Columbia Training School property and facilities that are not used as a prerelease center, a half-way house or are not leased to a private entity as provided in subsection (3) of this section may be transferred or leased to any political subdivision of this state.
Sources: Laws, 2008, ch. 555, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2008.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Mississippi may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.
