Bill Text: MS SB2174 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Trusty status; offenders ineligible to work at Governor's Mansion if incarcerated for a violent crime.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2174 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2174-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Corrections

By: Senator(s) Watson

Senate Bill 2174

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-138.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY OFFENDER IN TRUSTY STATUS WHO WAS CONVICTED OF A CRIME OF VIOLENCE SHALL BE INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY PROGRAM AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 47-5-138.1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     47-5-138.1.  (1)  In addition to any other administrative reduction of sentence, an offender in trusty status as defined by the classification board of the Department of Corrections may be awarded a trusty-time allowance of thirty (30) days' reduction of sentence for each thirty (30) days of participation during any calendar month in an approved program while in trusty status, including satisfactory participation in education or instructional programs, satisfactory participation in work projects and satisfactory participation in any special incentive program.

     (2)  An offender in trusty status shall not be eligible for a reduction of sentence under this section if:

          (a)  The offender was sentenced to life imprisonment;

          (b)  The offender was convicted as an habitual offender under Sections 99-19-81 through 99-19-87;

          (c)  The offender was convicted of a sex crime;

          (d)  The offender has not served the mandatory time required for parole eligibility, as prescribed under Section 47-7-3, for a conviction of robbery or attempted robbery through the display of a deadly weapon, carjacking through the display of a deadly weapon or a drive-by shooting; or

          (e)  The offender was convicted of trafficking in controlled substances under Section 41-29-139.

     (3)  An offender in trusty status who was convicted of a crime of violence as defined by Section 97-3-2 shall not be eligible to participate in any program at the Governor's Mansion.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

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