Not a privilege â just hell!
March 5, 2021
The first Black woman to head Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), Pelicia Hall oversaw death and abuse in MDOCâs concentration camps. She has since stepped down from MDOC to go into the private sector to continue her âadvocacy to reformâ the same atrocities she allowed under her watch. Oppression is oppression by any color or gender.
by Dawn Alexander
It will soon be two years since the women at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) were moved back to the part of the compound known as âthe yard.â The buildings in this section were condemned in 2011!
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In this Sept. 17, 2018 file photo, Pelicia Hall, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner. speaks before a meeting of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee Fiscal Year 2020 hearing in Jackson, Miss. Credit: Rogelio V. Solis, Associated Press
Former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall and her administration mishandled thousands of dollars in public funds, according to a report the state auditor’s office released on Thursday.
The 31-page compliance report was requested by current MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain and Gov. Tate Reeves, who has publicly alluded to prior corruption within the agency. It audits MDOC for the period of July 1, 2017 to Dec. 31, 2019, revealing hundreds of thousands of dollars spent in illegal comp time buyouts and thousands of dollars spent in improper travel reimbursements.