Three Mississippi prisons, housing 7,200 people, are failing to protect inmates from widespread physical violence, in violation of their 8th and 14th Amendments, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
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A new U.S. Department of Justice report released Wednesday covers conditions at three prisons in Mississippi, arguing that the Department of Corrections does not have enough staff.