State Auditor investigators to determine if MDOC misspending was criminal
State Auditor investigators to determine if MDOC misspending was criminal By Vanessa Pacheco | December 18, 2020 at 5:49 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 6:41 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - Mississippi State Auditor Shad White discussed the next steps after his office released an audit report this week showing widespread misspending at the Mississippi Department of Corrections during a previous administration, violations that reach all the way to the former commissioner.
The State Auditorâs office said MDOC misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars related to payroll, purchases and travel reimbursements.
All of that not only happened under former Commissioner Pelicia Hallâs watch, but in some instances, she directly approved the measures, according to White.