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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 ...
Death row inmates who have exhausted their appeals by county. An inmate is considered to have exhausted their appeals if their sentence has fully withstood the appellate process; this involves either the individual's conviction and death sentence withstanding each stage of the appellate process or them waiving a part of the appellate process if a court has found them competent to do so.
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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]
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 ...
The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime ...
Clay County is a county in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,636. [1] Its county seat is West Point. [2] Its name is in honor of American statesman Henry Clay, [3] member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — 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 ...