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Mississippi Association of Supervisors Mississippi Association of Supervisors (MAS) serves as a non-partisan forum for county officials.

County supervisors provide regional leadership over critical policy areas, including policies necessary to ensure safe communities, protect public health, promote economic development, and plan and manage land use for sustainable development. Supervisors also provide important oversight of county operations, including overseeing strategies to promote sound fiscal management and to develop a high-quality county government workforce. For more than 75 years, the Mississippi Association of Supervisors (MAS) has served as a non-partisan forum for county officials to address important issues facing local constituents, providing a mechanism to share information and to develop a proactive policy agenda. MAS membership includes the 410 elected supervisors from Mississippi's 82 counties. The association's efforts are strengthened by the involvement of top-level county professional staff, who provide technical expertise necessary to inform policy discussions. The MAS is served by a professional staff dedicated to helping the MAS achieve its ultimate goal of providing efficient and effective governance to the citizens of the State of Mississippi.

Is $25/day covering your jail’s costs? Plug in your local figures to calculate your per day gap and estimate how much of...
29/03/2026

Is $25/day covering your jail’s costs? Plug in your local figures to calculate your per day gap and estimate how much of your county’s jail costs go unreimbursed under the $25/day cap.



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"Reshaping the Shared Responsibility of County Jails"  Kentucky: $35.34/dayActual cost: $63.44/daySound familiar? A rece...
29/03/2026

"Reshaping the Shared Responsibility of County Jails"

Kentucky: $35.34/day
Actual cost: $63.44/day

Sound familiar?

A recent article from the Kentucky Association of Counties highlights a challenge counties across the country are facing: jail reimbursement rates are no longer keeping pace with actual costs.
https://mydigitalpublication.com/article/Counties+on+the+line/5118525/861484/article.html

Mississippi is facing that same reality.

Reimbursement rate: $25/day
Avg. actual cost: $65.35/day (PEER FY24 Report)

SB 2432 would move away from a one-size-fits-all rate and allow counties and municipalities to negotiate a fair rate based on actual documented costs and local conditions.

Counties are not seeking profit. This is about preserving strong county-municipal partnerships while making sure county resources are not unfairly strained.

$25 a day doesn’t break even — it breaks county budgets.According to the 2024 PEER Report (No. 711), it costs an average...
26/03/2026

$25 a day doesn’t break even — it breaks county budgets.

According to the 2024 PEER Report (No. 711), it costs an average of $65.35 per day to house a single inmate. Counties are reimbursed just $25 per inmate per day, covering less than 40% of actual costs—a shortfall of $14,727.75 per inmate each year that counties must absorb.

SB 2432 is now in conference as lawmakers work toward a final version. It would simply allow counties and cities to negotiate fair reimbursement rates based on documented costs—consistent with the way counties and municipalities have historically set local jail rates through mutual agreement and good-faith cooperation. No mandates. No profit. Just a path to break even.

Counties aren’t seeking profit—only fair reimbursement that supports law enforcement and public safety without shifting costs to county taxpayers.
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Mississippi counties lose $40.35/day per municipal inmate. MAS and MSA advocate for SB2432 to remove the outdated $25 cap and allow fair reimbursement.

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