2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 47 - PRISONS AND PRISONERS; PROBATION AND PAROLE
Chapter 5 - Correctional System.
47-5-140 - Earned time handbook.
§ 47-5-140. Earned time handbook.
Each county attorney, district attorney, each member of the Parole Board and circuit judge shall be provided a copy of a handbook prepared by the commissioner which shall include a copy of Section 47-5-138 and Section 47-5-139, and shall clearly show how such sections would apply to an offender sentenced to terms of various lengths. Each offender shall be provided a copy of the handbook upon arrival at the correctional system and have it explained to him as a part of his initial orientation.
Sources: Laws, 1975, ch. 485, § 4; Laws, 1976, ch. 440, § 68; reenacted, 1981, ch. 465, § 75; reenacted, 1984, ch. 471, § 67; reenacted, 1986, ch. 413, § 67; Laws, 1992, ch. 520, § 3, eff from and after passage (approved May 14, 1992).
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