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Section 47-5-134 - Offenders to work for Habitat for Humanity or the Fuller Center for Housing, Inc — Mississippi Law | CourtGPT
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Section 47-5-134 - Offenders to work for Habitat for Humanity or the Fuller Center for Housing, Inc

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The Commissioner of Corrections may authorize the working of offenders, on a voluntary basis, in support of Habitat for Humanity, Inc., or the Fuller Center for Housing, Inc., which are nonprofit organizations. However, offenders shall only be used to work on construction projects. The Department of Corrections shall establish all proper regulations for the working, guarding, safekeeping, clothing, housing and subsistence of offenders when they are working. Laws, 1997, ch. 365, § 1; Laws, 2009, ch. 428, § 1, eff. 7/1/2009.