An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge found unconstitutional conditions and “a stunning array of assaults, as well as deaths.” A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that U.S.
FILE - Visitor information signs dot the entrance to the Hinds County Detention Facility in Raymond, Miss., Aug. 1, 2022. JACKSON , Miss. — An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge foundA panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves acted properly in 2022 when heto act as a receiver for the Raymond Detention Center in Hinds County.
Giving those financial decisions to the consultant would allow him “to ignore the budgetary constraints that the Hinds County Board of Supervisors has had to deal with” in managing the jail, they wrote.Takeaways from The Associated Press investigation into sexual abuse of incarcerated womenReeves put the jail into receivership in July 2022 after citing poor conditions, including deficiencies in supervision and staffing. Seven people died in 2021 while detained at the jail, he said.
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