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In 1920, the state hospital was located in Jackson and had 1,670 residents. In 1930, it had 2,649 residents. [9] In 1935, the Mississippi State Insane Asylum moved from a complex of 19th-century buildings in northern Jackson to its current location, [7] the former property of a state penal colony, [6] the Rankin Farm. [9] MSH became overcrowded.
Aerial view of Mississippi State Penitentiary, February 21, 1992 – United States Geological Survey. Mississippi State Penitentiary is in an unincorporated area in Sunflower County, Mississippi. [50] The prison which occupies 18,000 acres (7,300 ha) of land, has 53 buildings with a total of 922,966 square feet (85,746.3 m 2) of space. As of ...
North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo: Tupelo: Lee: 630: Level II: No: Founded in 1937 as North Mississippi Community Hospital. Name changed to North Mississippi Medical Center in 1967. [35] Total bed numbers include North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital. [36] North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point: West Point: Clay: 49 ...
Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a ...
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The state Department of Corrections was established in 1976 to oversee the existing Mississippi state prisons. [6] Both federal and state laws were passed during various campaigns of "wars on crime" and "wars on drugs;" not only were new behaviors criminalized, but politicians supported mandatory sentencing and lengthier sentences.
In the late 20th century, Mississippi began to make contracts with private prison management companies to build and operate prisons. It eventually held contracts for six for-profit prisons: Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility, for inmates under 18 who had been convicted as adults; East Mississippi Correctional Facility, devoted to the treatment of state prisoners with mental illness ...