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As of September 1, 2008, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, with a capacity of 3,204, had 3,106 prisoners, making up a total of 21.57% of people within the Mississippi Department of Corrections-operated prisons, county jails, and community work centers. [9]
East Mississippi is the state's main "special needs" facility (for inmates with disabilities and/or severe mental illness). [39] Marshall County Correctional Facility (MCCF)- Operated by GEO Group until June 2012; now under 10-yr contract to MTC. Wilkinson County Correctional Center (WCCC) - Operated by CCA through early 2013; since 2013 by MTC.
In 2005, Tim Climer, the executive director of the Sunflower County Economic Development District, stated that he wanted to develop MSP as a tourist attraction by establishing an interpretive center. [35] In 2010, the Mississippi State Penitentiary became the first correctional facility in the United States to install a system to prevent ...
Department of Justice officials also noted that Mississippi has a disproportionate number of Black people incarcerated. Mississippi's prisons are 61% Black, while the statewide population of Black ...
Before parts of Unit 29 were closed following a spate of inmate deaths and rioting in 2020, it held up to 1,500 prisoners, including death row inmates; the entire prison currently houses about ...
While the U.S. Department of Justice said extreme measures are needed to correct the problems the department identified in its report, MDOC officials dispute the allegations made in the report.
As of September 1, 2008, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, with a capacity of 3,665, had 3,610 prisoners, making up a total of 25.07% of people within the Mississippi Department of Corrections-operated prisons, county jails, and community work centers. [14]
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Mississippi prison system after a string of inmate deaths in the past few months, officials said Wednesday. Federal ...