by Associated Press Published: June 7,2012
Tags: contracts, convicts, corrections, crime, criminals, jails, prisoners, prisons, state agency, state government
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — A Utah-based private prison operator will take over management of three Mississippi correctional institutions beginning in July. Management & Training Corporation of Centreville, Utah, has signed 10-year operating contracts for the East Mississippi Correctional Facility near the Lost Gap community beginning July 2; Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in Walnut Grove on [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: courts, executive branch, governor, inmates, jails, judge, judicial, judiciary, last-minute pardons, pardons, prisoners, prisons, state government, state law
JACKSON — Attorney General Jim Hood has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that former Gov. Haley Barbour’s late-term pardons were valid. In a filing late last week, Hood asked that the case be sent back to Hinds County Circuit Court. Hood claims the Supreme Court’s March 8 decision, which effectively determined [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 8,2012
Tags: convicts, courts, executive branch, governor, inmates, jai9ls, pardons, prisoners, prisons, state government, state law
JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled today that some pardons issued by former Gov. Haley Barbour are valid. In their 6-3 opinion, the justices wrote “we are compelled to hold that — in each of the cases before us — it fell to the governor alone to decide whether the Constitution’s publication requirement was [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Releasing 89 terminally ill inmates has saved Mississippi about $5 million over seven years, corrections officials say. About $3.8 million of the savings was in medical costs and the rest was the cost of incarceration, The Clarion-Ledger reported. Releasing terminally ill prisoners lets the state avoid costly health treatments and is more [...] [...]
Holmes sheriff: Prisoners are already released too soon To balance the state budget for fiscal year 2010, Gov. Barbour said in an Oct. 13 statement he will likely have to impose a 5 percent cut to Medicaid. Although it is anybody’s guess, this could mean drastic prescription drug benefit cuts to Medicaid beneficiaries. Medicaid is [...] [...]
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