by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today November 2, 2023 When Gov. Tate Reeves was sworn into office nearly four years ago, his very first priority was addressing the long-troubled Mississippi prison system. Deadly riots at the Mississippi State Penitentiary and violence in other state facilities and how state leaders were struggling to address the situation became a major national story.
's COVID-19 response: 'We made the right decision' The COVID-19 pandemic has also claimed lives inside Mississippi’s prisons. At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, had about 1,380 COVID-19 positive inmates across the system, which Cain noted was better than how other prison systems were faring. He pointed to reporting by The Marshall Project that ranked Mississippi as the 10th safest prison system for only having 21 COVID-19 deaths and 21st for COVID-19 deaths nationwide.
’s data didn’t include deaths from the virus or count how many staff were infected or died. The Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, shown Wednesday, July 21, 2004, in Tutwiler, Miss., was the scene of an uprising from Colorado prisioners on Wednesday, a day after a similar riot at a private prison run by the same Tennessee company near Olney Springs, Colo., prison officials said. There were no injuries in the Mississippi prison riot.
’s 2021 annual report, the most recent available. How well-trained staff is adds to the already untenable situation. “If you don’t train the correctional officers to do and know the job, you're going to have chaos. You will not have control over the situation,” said Anthony Allen, a former correctional officer at Stone County Correctional Facility, which houses state and county inmates.
facilities found to be smuggling in drugs and other contraband. Cain is especially cautious about who works at Walnut Grove because it is where gang members are sent. He said anyone who wants to work there has to take a polygraph test and they are asked if they are affiliated with a gang. As with any prison, they can't work at Walnut Grove if they previously have brought drugs into a prison facility.
was. Leadership and the Governor’s Office realized, with the DOJ investigating its prisons, the department’s budget should be increased to address issues and prevent future lawsuits.
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