State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit; establish.

HB 778 would establish a State Correctional Facilities Monitoring Unit within Mississippi's Department of Public Safety. The unit would monitor all state and private facilities housing state offenders to ensure compliance with laws and best practices, conducting quarterly facility visits, reviewing complaints, and interviewing inmates confidentially. It would require the unit to issue quarterly reports to the Governor and Legislature (keeping inmate/staff identities confidential) and mandate training for monitors by a correctional expert. The bill directly affects correctional facilities and inmates by creating a formal oversight mechanism for facility operations.