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Mississippi: Hinds County Jails in Crisis, Face Mandated Reforms
Loaded on Jan. 10, 2017
by David Reutter
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2017, page 40
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Corrections Audits,
Gang Policies,
Prison Gangs,
Prison Reform,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Eighth Amendment,
Plumbing,
Sewage,
Jail Specific,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Dogs,
Overdetention,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement,
Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
Location:
Mississippi.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a letter in May 2015 that described the findings of an investigation which concluded two jails in Hinds County, Mississippi were violating prisoners’ rights. The county has since entered into a settlement agreement that implements a number of reforms in its jail system. ...
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