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| 1 | - | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Corrections By: Senator(s) Barnett Senate Bill 2360 (As | |
| 1 | + | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Corrections By: Senator(s) Barnett Senate Bill 2360 (As Passed the Senate) AN ACT TO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF AN ESCAPE BE GIVEN TO THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement shall be immediately notified of an inmate or detainee escape as soon as that escape is known. (2) (a) If the escape occurs at a local jail or regional prison, the sheriff shall make the notification required under this section. (b) If the escape occurs at a state prison facility, the Mississippi Department of Corrections shall make the notification required under this section. (3) For the purposes of this section, "local law enforcement" means the sheriff and police chiefs of the county where the escape occurred and the sheriff and police chiefs of the county where the original crime occurred. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025. | |
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| 3 | 3 | MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE | |
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| 5 | 5 | 2025 Regular Session | |
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| 7 | 7 | To: Corrections | |
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| 9 | 9 | By: Senator(s) Barnett | |
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| 11 | 11 | # Senate Bill 2360 | |
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| 13 | - | ## (As | |
| 13 | + | ## (As Passed the Senate) | |
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| 15 | 15 | AN ACT TO REQUIRE IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF AN ESCAPE BE GIVEN TO THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. | |
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| 17 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: | |
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| 19 | 19 | SECTION 1. (1) The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and local law enforcement shall be immediately notified of an inmate or detainee escape as soon as that escape is known. | |
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| 21 | 21 | (2) (a) If the escape occurs at a local jail or regional prison, the sheriff shall make the notification required under this section. | |
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| 23 | 23 | (b) If the escape occurs at a state prison facility, the Mississippi Department of Corrections shall make the notification required under this section. | |
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| 25 | 25 | (3) For the purposes of this section, "local law enforcement" means the sheriff and police chiefs of the county where the escape occurred and the sheriff and police chiefs of the county where the original crime occurred. | |
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| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025. |