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Utah company wins contract to run three state prisons

Associated Press — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 16:44:39 +0000

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 [...]

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Hood asks Supreme Court to reconsider ruling in Barbour pardons

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:27:12 +0000

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 [...]

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Supreme Court rules Barbour’s last-minute pardons valid

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:28:56 +0000

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 [...]

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Releasing terminally ill inmates saves state millions

Associated Press — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:57:22 +0000

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 [...]

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Budget cuts could mean releasing prisoners

Amy McCullough — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:01:57 +0000

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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