HB1695

Mississippi HB1695 revises how counties and municipalities calculate costs for housing municipal prisoners in county jails.

Mississippi HB1695 amends Section 19-25-73 of the Mississippi Code to remove the provision that ties the cost of housing municipal prisoners in county jails to the state rate for housing state inmates. Instead, it allows counties and municipalities to negotiate the costs. The board of supervisors can choose between contracting with a local caterer or restaurant owner or having the sheriff purchase food and supplies for the prisoners. The total expenditure for feeding prisoners cannot exceed Fifteen Dollars ($15.00) per day per prisoner.