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This bill mandates that the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) implement a data collection and reporting system to gather comprehensive information on inmates, probationers, parolees, and correctional facilities, subject to available funding. This includes detailed data on inmate demographics, offenses, sentencing, time served, educational and rehabilitative program participation, disciplinary actions, and release information. For individuals on probation or post-release supervision, the MDOC will collect identifying information, sentence details, progress on supervision requirements, and reasons for any revocations. The bill also requires the collection of facility-level data such as daily inmate population, staffing numbers and vacancies, and per diem costs. This aggregated data will be published in a real-time dashboard format on the MDOC website, with less time-sensitive data updated at least monthly, and will be made available in a machine-readable format for public access. Furthermore, the MDOC will semiannually report specific prison, probation, and post-release supervision data to the Oversight Task Force and, upon request, to the PEER Committee, including recidivism rates, which are defined as the commission of a crime after a previous conviction, regardless of supervision status, and will be reported for one, three, and five years post-release. The bill also clarifies that a "technical violation" for probation or parole means violating a condition of supervision that is not the commission of a new crime, and that any collected data deemed confidential will remain so when reported. Finally, the system will allow authorized agencies to access underlying data relevant to their work.

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