As Amended
SEC. 41-19-115. Discharge and parole of inmates.
The director of the Ellisville State School may at any time discharge any inmate who has not been charged with a felony, misdemeanor, or juvenile delinquency, when, in his judgment, as a result of careful and repeated examination and observation, such patient is not feeble-minded, and is able to manage himself and his affairs with prudence.
Any inmate of the Ellisville State School who has been charged with a felony, misdemeanor, or juvenile delinquency, and later committed to the Ellisville State School, can be discharged therefrom only upon the order of the court which committed him in the first instance, or of the supreme court of Mississippi. It shall be the duty of the director of the Ellisville State School, whenever, in his judgment, an inmate who has been so charged with a felony, misdemeanor, or juvenile delinquency, is no longer to be classed as a feeble-minded person, to bring such fact to the notice of the court which committed the patient in the first instance, and it shall be the duty of said court, upon such notification, to make investigation of the mental condition of the patient, and to take action in accordance with the findings in the case.
Whenever in the opinion of the director of the Ellisville State School, it would be to the advantage of any inmate, and of the community, to parole such inmate to a given private home, and after having had the proposed home and community investigated by an agent of the Ellisville State School, he may grant such parole to such patient for any length of time he deems advisable. However, the director shall not directly or indirectly lease out any of said inmates. The director may require the person applying for such parole of an inmate, to sign a written obligation, with sureties, to properly care for and support such inmate while in parole, and to return said inmate to the school at his own expense in the event the parole terminates, or is revoked. Every paroled inmate of the Ellisville State School must from time to time assure the director that such inmate is being properly cared for in a family having the means to do so with entire safety to the paroled inmate, and to the community. The director must recall a paroled inmate at any time he is not satisfied that the welfare of such paroled inmate, or of the community to which such inmate is paroled, is adequately provided for.
SOURCES: Codes, Hemingway's 1921 Supp. Sec. 5728z; 1930, Sec. 7289; 1942, Sec. 6779; Laws, 1920, ch. 210.