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Home » US Law » 2020 Mississippi Code » Title 47 - Prisons and Prisoners; Probation and Parole » Chapter 5 - Correctional System » Use of Prisoners in County Jails to Maintain Certain Historic Cemeteries and Serve Food in Conjunction With Nonprofit Organizations

§ 47-5-441. Use of county prisoners to preserve and maintain certain historic cemeteries and use of county prison labor to prepare and serve food in county or public facilities in conjunction with certain nonprofit organizations

Any sheriff, or his designee, may use any person who has been convicted of a nonviolent offense and who is serving all or any part of his sentence in the county jail to clear, clean, stabilize, preserve, maintain and restore historic cemeteries in the county. For the purposes of this section the term “historic cemeteries” […]