The Mississippi
Department of Corrections (MDOC) Division of
Administration and Finance is headed
Deputy Commissioner Rick McCarty
and is
responsible for the following agency functions:
MDOC is appropriated funds each fiscal year
(July 1 – June 30) by the Mississippi
Legislature. The annual appropriation includes
funds for salaries, travel, contractual
services, commodities, and payments to county
jails, regional facilities and private prisons
for housing of state inmates. The Committee for
Performance, Expenditure, Evaluation, and Review
(PEER) annually calculates a cost per inmate day
for the three state operated prisons. The
composite average daily cost per inmate for FY
2010 was $39.56.
