39 inmates at Mississippi prison receive their GED and diploma after completing coursework Inmates receive their diplomas By WLBT Digital | May 12, 2021 at 4:42 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 7:27 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Thirty-nine inmates at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility are receiving their diplomas after years of secondary education coursework.
Completion certificates were also given in Business technology and in Apparel and Textiles.
College coursework was also awarded at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman where 18 inmates received certificates of completion for their first three hours of college credit. This through the prison’s new alliance with Mississippi Delta Community College.
Bloody clashes that brought Mississippi’s prison system under federal scrutiny last year were part of a dramatic increase in reported cases of violence behind bars.The Mississippi Department of Corrections logged