State Penitentiary at Parchman; phase down operation over four-year period.

An Act To Phase Down The Operation Of The State Penitentiary At Parchman In Sunflower And Quitman Counties Over A Four-year Period And Transfer Its Inmates, Employees And Programs To Other State And Regional Facilities Of The Mississippi Department Of Corrections; To Authorize And Direct The Commissioner Of Corrections To Develop And Submit To The Legislature A Plan To Implement This Phasedown Under Certain Conditions And To Promulgate Regulations Necessary To Implement The Plan; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Hold The Land At Parchman In Trust And To Lease The Grounds And Buildings For Agricultural, Industrial, Commercial, Residential, Recreational Or Other Uses For A Ground Rental Under Certain Conditions; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Designate An Existing Building At Parchman For The Delivery Of Mental Health Services To Inmates With Mental Illness Incarcerated In Any State Or Regional Correctional Facility To Be Known As The "northwest Mississippi Facility For The Treatment And Care Of Inmates With Mental Illness," And To Prescribe Standards For The Operation Of Said Mental Health Treatment Facility; To Provide That Any Buildings Or Other Facilities Remaining At Parchman Shall Be Renamed "northwest Mississippi Correctional Facility"; To Amend Sections 47-4-1, 47-5-3, 47-5-5, 47-5-6, 47-5-10, 47-5-20, 47-5-28, 47-5-30, 47-5-64 And 47-5-66, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Correctional Infrastructure And Inmate Housing Fund In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 47-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Correctional Auditor; To Amend Sections 47-5-539 And 47-5-579, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize And Direct The Mississippi Department Of Corrections To Expand The Pilot Work Initiative Under The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation At Central Mississippi Correctional Facility To Any State, Regional And Private Correctional Facility In The State Of Mi