Private prisons that house state offenders; provide moratorium on the expansion of.

Summary

The bill would prohibit any privately operated correctional facility that houses state offenders from increasing its capacity and would stop the state from entering new contracts with private entities for housing those offenders. It amends multiple sections of the Mississippi Code to enforce the freeze and to align existing statutes with the new limits. The measure did not pass and died in committee.

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