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.
The U.S. Justice Department says Mississippi is failing to protect inmates in three prisons from violence because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct
Mississippi failed to protect inmates in three prisons because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday.
The Justice Department released a report Wednesday that found “chronic, systemic deficiencies” in Mississippi state prisons that violate prisoners’ constitutional rights.
The DOJ released a report about Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, South Mississippi Correctional Institution and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility.