Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 31 - Public Safety
Part 9 - REGULATION REGARDING THE LICENSURE OF JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES
Chapter 5 - Physical Plant, Environment, and Safety
Rule 31-9-5.8 - Clothing and Personal Items
Current through September 24, 2024
1. Facilities should strive to provide detainees with non-prison-like clothing.
2. Youth wear their own underwear as approved by the facility or the facility provides them with clean and sanitized underwear. The facility provides girls with bras and underwear that fit and are appropriate for females. The facility allows transgender youth to wear underwear appropriate to their gender identity.
3. Youth receive outerwear that is appropriate to the season.
4. The facility housing units have lockers or other storage for youth's clothing and personal items.
5. Youth have access to adequate and culturally appropriate personal hygiene and toiletry supplies, including hygiene supplies specific for girls if girls are detained in the facility. Items that could allow for spread of germs are not shared among youth (e.g., common toothpaste tube, deodorant, etc.).
6. Youth receive clean bedding and linen and sufficient blankets to provide reasonable comfort.
Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-21-901 to 43-21-915 (Rev. 2016).