Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-303

The aims and purposes of Sections 47-5-301 through 47-5-327 are: (a) To utilize the labor of offenders for self-maintenance and for reimbursing this state for expenses incurred by reason of their crimes and imprisonment; and (b) To effect the requisitioning and disbursement of penitentiary products directly through established state authorities and to permit the sale of such products to the public.