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One of two inmates who escaped from a Mississippi jail that is under federal scrutiny for poor security and management was captured hours later, while another remained on the loose, authorities ...
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation said the two men should not be approached and anyone who sees them should call 911 or the sheriff's office. Collins was being held for charges out of Copiah ...
2 inmates are back in custody after escape from Mississippi jail, sheriff says. Rebekah Riess and Amanda Musa, CNN. July 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM. Claiborne County Sheriff Department.
The maximum-security facility is located in unincorporated Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, near Tutwiler in the Mississippi Delta. [2] [3] Since its opening with 352 prisoners, the prison has expanded capacity nearly ninefold, holding 2672 inmates by October 2008. It has housed inmates from Wisconsin, Colorado, Hawaii, Wyoming, Vermont, and ...
The State Line Mob was an association of criminal elements that operated in the 1950s and 1960s at the Mississippi–Tennessee state line in Alcorn County, Mississippi, and McNairy County, Tennessee, along U.S. Route 45. The State Line Mob was involved in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, tourist fleecing, robbery, and murder.
In 1843 a penitentiary in four city squares in central Jackson was developed as Mississippi's first state prison. [2] [3] The prison in Jackson was destroyed during the Civil War, and the state did not replace it for decades. [3] Instead, the state conducted convict leasing, leasing prisoners to third parties for their labor. The lessees held ...
The survey found nearly 5,400 people were in Mississippi's county jails — although Johnson said the number could be higher because jail population is notoriously difficult to track.
Mississippi's largest county is no longer using a section of its jail that has been plagued by fights, escapes and other security problems. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said Monday that 200 ...