47-5-415 - Passes and leaves.
§ 47-5-415. Passes and leaves.
The sheriff, in the case of county inmates and state inmates incarcerated in county jails, and the Commissioner of Corrections, in the case of state inmates incarcerated in a Mississippi Department of Corrections facility, may institute a procedure for granting passes and leaves to inmates participating under Sections 47-5-401 through 47-5-421, and may grant such passes or leaves in deserving cases, not to exceed three (3) days or seventy-two (72) hours.
Sources: Laws, 1982, ch. 456, § 8; brought forward, 1984, ch. 471, § 96; reenacted, 1986, ch. 413, § 96; Laws, 1986, ch. 427; Laws, 1988, ch. 504, § 35, eff from and after passage (approved May 6, 1988).