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It operated the Grenada County jail for several years. Benjamin said the company also has jail accreditation contracts worth $4,000 or $5,000 a month with other counties, including Hancock, Holmes, Marion, Pearl River, Washington and Yazoo. In the past, he also worked as a $3,000-a-month jail consultant for DeSoto County.
Mayersville is a town on the east bank of the Mississippi River, and the county seat for Issaquena County, Mississippi, United States. [3] It is located in the Mississippi Delta region, known for cotton cultivation in the antebellum era. Once the trading center for the county, the town was superseded when railroads were built into the area.
The county designates the 701 Jail as a "Direct Observation" facility, where staff members monitor inmates continuously for 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. [15] In 2002 the 701 Jail was the second largest American jail, with the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department being the largest. [16]
Houston is located west of the center of Chickasaw County. Mississippi Highway 8 passes through the city, leading east 29 miles (47 km) to Aberdeen and west 18 miles (29 km) to Calhoun City . Mississippi Highway 15 bypasses the city to the west, crossing Highway 8 within a western extension of the city limits.
Chickasaw County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,106. [1] Its county seats are Houston and Okolona. [2] The county is named for the Chickasaw people, who lived in this area for hundreds of years.
Nicknamed "The Boat" by jail staff and inmates, [6] it was designed to handle inmates from medium- to maximum-security in 16 dormitories and 100 cells. The Vernon C. Bain Center was the third jail barge that the New York Department of Corrections has used. In its history, the jail has served traditional inmates, juvenile inmates and is ...
[15]: 1 The final interurban railcar from Galveston with evacuees on board arrived in Houston at 7:10 p.m. CST on August 16 (00:10 UTC August 17). [14] The 25 convicts held at a prison in Morgan's Point were relocated to the county jail in Houston. [16] Port Aransas residents evacuated by boat to the Texas mainland. [17]