Mississippi HB1691 revises methods for calculating costs for housing municipal prisoners in county jails.
Mississippi HB1691 amends Section 19-25-73 of the Mississippi Code of 1972 to revise how counties and municipalities calculate costs for housing municipal prisoners in county jails. The bill removes the provision that ties the rate charged to municipalities to the state rate for housing state inmates. It allows counties and municipalities to negotiate the costs for housing municipal prisoners. The board of supervisors can choose between contracting with local caterers or maintaining a jail food allowance account for payments.
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