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Issaquena County (/ ˌ ɪ s ə ˈ k w iː n ə /, ISS-ə-KWEEN-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi.As of the 2020 Census, its population was 1,338, [1] making it the least populous county in the United States east of the Mississippi River.
Tallula was the Issaquena county seat from 1848 to 1871. Runaway slaves captured in Issaquena were held in the Tallula jail until they were claimed by their legal owners or sold for jail fees. [4] In 1856 the sheriff of Issaquena County offered a $250 reward for the recapture of a "negro stealer" named John Guydon who "broke jail" at Tallula. [5]
The state bought the Rankin Farm in 1895 in Rankin County, 12 miles (19 km) from Jackson; it is now the site of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. Later the state purchased the Oakley Farm, located in Hinds County , 25 miles (40 km) from Jackson. [ 2 ]
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said Michael Lewis of Jackson and Joseph Spring of Byram, both 31, were missing during a head count Monday at the Raymond Detention Center.
Susan Balfour, 62, was incarcerated for 33 years at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility until her release in December 2021. Mississippi inmates were exposed to dangerous chemicals and denied ...
Location of Willacy County State Jail and Willacy County Regional Detention Center: 38. Dixie County ... Issaquena County Mississippi: $36,986. 28. Sumter County
Zimmerman, 30, “escaped June 14 from the Desoto County (Mississippi) Jail, where he was being held for armed robbery and attempted murder,” the marshals service said in a statement Tuesday ...
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 Once the trading center for the county, the town was superseded when railroads were built into the area.