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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.
Commissary list, circa 2013. A prison commissary [1] or canteen [2] is a store within a correctional facility, from which inmates may purchase products such as hygiene items, snacks, writing instruments, etc. Typically inmates are not allowed to possess cash; [3] instead, they make purchases through an account with funds from money contributed by friends, family members, etc., or earned as wages.
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. It has housed inmates from Wisconsin, Colorado, Hawaii, Wyoming, Vermont, and ...
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More than 30 inmates graduated through a new program at the Mississippi State Penitentiary aimed at reducing the number of people returning to prison.
South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) is a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison for men located in unincorporated Greene County, [1] near Leakesville. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The facility has 360 acres (150 ha) of land.
Inmates incarcerated at CMCF: Carla Hughes - Former middle schoolteacher convicted of two counts of capital murder for the murders of her lover's pregnant fiancee Avis Banks and her unborn child. [16] Luke Woodham - perpetrator of the 1997 Pearl High School shooting, since moved to the Mississippi State Penitentiary. [17] Inmates on Death Row:
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 ...