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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.
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by the Corrections Corporation of America on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, is located in an unincorporated area in the county, near Tutwiler. [14] [15] As of 2010 the prison serves as the Tallahatchie County's jail facility, in addition to housing prison ...
By early 2017 Mississippi had no state prisoners at the for-profit Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility; the prison operator CCA had contracts with California and other states to house their prisoners at this privately owned site. By March 2017, MDOC was using only three privately run prisons for its inmates.
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 ...
Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said about 50 inmates were moved from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman to the privately run Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, about 5 miles (8 ...
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Drew Johnson in an undated photo from the George County Sheriff's Office (left) and after his capture near Leaksville, Mississippi, on Dec. 25, 2024. / Credit: George County Sheriff's Office ...
Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, a private prison operated by CoreCivic, Inc for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, is located near Tutwiler in an unincorporated area in the county. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Due to the town's poor economic status, around 1998 the leaders of Tutwiler decided to agree to construction of a prison nearby ...