Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin Study Finds Private Prisons Keep Prisoners Longer, Without Reducing Future Crime by Peter Kerwin A new study finds that prisoners in private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more months behind bars …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Settlement, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 1 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 2 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 3 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19-1 Filed 11/12/15 Page 4 …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Final Judgment, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 19 Filed 11/12/15 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSJSSIPPI ~J.. EO ~-~ 2015] ) ARTHUR JOHNSTON CHEVON ELIZABETH …

Access to Documents Related to Conviction Denied in Mississippi by Access to Documents Related to Conviction Denied in Mississippi In a 6-3 ruling, the Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the denial of a public records request of a man who was attempting to show his conviction was unlawful. Timothy Pryer …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Declaratory Judgment, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 18 Filed 11/06/15 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION ) CHEVON ELIZABETH THOMPSON et a!.) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) ) ) v. …

Mississippi Jail Warden Arrested After Felony Conviction Unveiled by David Reutter Mississippi Jail Warden Arrested After Felony Conviction Unveiled by David Reutter The warden of Mississippi’s Wilkinson County Jail (WCJ) was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and filing or maintaining false public records. …

Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Time Bar in Wrongful Conviction Civil Suit by Mississippi Supreme Court Reverses Time Bar in Wrongful Conviction Civil Suit The Supreme Court of Mississippi, on January 9, 2014, reversed and remanded Adams County Circuit Court’s time-barred dismissal of appellant Larry Hammett’s motion to reinstate his claim …

Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matthew Clarke Mississippi Private Prisons Have High Prisoner Assault Rates by Matt Clarke A report on the number of prisoners assaulted in Mississippi prisons shows that the assault rates in private prisons average two to three times the rate of assaults …

Kennedy v. City of Biloxi, MS, Complaint, Debtors Prison, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00348-HSO-JCG Document 1 Filed 10/21/15 Page 1 of 73 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MtSSl8S1PPI FILE 0 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION OCT 21 2015 ARTHUR JOHNSTON DEPUTY BY QUMOTRIA KENNEDY; RICHARD TILLERY; on Behalf of …

Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television by Federal Court Denies Former Prisoner Right to Catholic Television The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a prisoner’s equal protection suit as frivolous. Raymond Gutierrez, a California prisoner housed at …

Fired Mississippi Jail Guard Sues for Wrongful Arrest by David Reutter Fired Mississippi Jail Guard Sues for Wrongful Arrest by David Reutter A former guard at Mississippi’s Hinds County Jail (HCJ) has sued the Hinds County Sheriff Department after being fired and arrested for bringing contraband into HCJ. The arrest …

Bell v. Jackson, MS, Class Action Complaint, Debtor Prisons, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION SOUTHl:RN DISTRICT r i'AIS ·, ) JEROME BELL, JAMES SHEPPARD, MARTEZE HARRIS, DOMONIC BUTLER, MICHAEL DAVIS, RICKY LAMBERT, JARMALE WALKER, et al. Plaintiffs, ) ) ) …

Dockery v. Epps, MS, Opinion and Order, Def Motion to Exclude Expert, Plain Motion for Class Cert, 2015 Case 3:13-cv-00326-WHB-JCG Document 257 Filed 09/29/15 Page 1 of 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN DIVISION JERMAINE DOCKERY, ET AL. PLAINTIFFS MICHAEL COMBS, EDDIE …

Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter Grand Jury Report: Prisoners in Charge at Mississippi County Jail by David Reutter The prisoners seem to be in control of the Hinds County, Mississippi Detention Center because the jail does not have enough staff to adequately …

Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption by Derek Gilna Mississippi Indictments Illustrate Prison Phone Corruption by Derek Gilna Two Mississippi businessmen, Irb Benjamin, 69, and Sam Waggoner, 61, face federal charges in connection with a scheme in which kickbacks were paid to former Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) Commissioner Christopher …

News In Brief by Alabama: On April 9, 2013, Kenneth Wayne Patton was arrested on a domestic violence charge. When he arrived at the Etowah County Jail, he informed guards that he used to be employed at the St. Clair Correctional Facility and should be put in protective custody. Despite …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Motion and Order for TRO, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 10 Filed 06/15/15 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION ) CHEVON ELIZABETH THOMPSON et al.,) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) …

Thompson v. Moss Point, MS, Complaint, Class Action, Secured Bail Schedule, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-00182-LG-RHW Document 1 Filed 06/12/15 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, SOUTHERN DIVISION SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI ) FILE 0 CHEVON ELIZABETH T HOM PSON, et al.) …

Patterson et al. v. Gulf Publishing Company, MI, Appeal, Request for Records, 2014 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF MISSISSIPPI NO. 2013-CT-02002-SCT MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT, STACEY PICKERING, JIM HOOD, CHRIS LOTT, DAVID HUGGINS, MELISSA C. PATTERSON, JOSEPH A. RUNNELS, JR., SANDRA R. CHESTNUT AND HAROLD E. PIZZETTA, III v. GULF …

Jauch v. Choctaw County, MS, Complaint, Held Without Seeing Judge, 2015 Case: 1:15-cv-00075-SA-RP Doc #: 1 Filed: 04/21/15 1 of 10 PageID #: 1 INTHEUNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURT FORTHENORTHERNDISTRICTOFMISSISSIPPI ABERDEENDIVISION JESSICAJAUCH PLAINTIFF 1:15cv75-SA-SAA NO. VERSUS CHOCTAWCOUNTYand CLOYDHALFORD,InHis IndividualCapacity DEFENDANTS JURYTRIALDEMANDED COMPLAINT Thisisacivilactiontorecoveractual,compensatoryandpunitivedamagesfor theDefendants’deprivationsofMs.Jauch’sconstitutionalrighttocounselandtobe informedofthechargesagainstherpursuanttotheSixthAmendment,therighttobail pursuanttotheEighthAmendment,andtherighttolibertypursuanttotheDue ProcessClauseoftheFourteenthAmendment.Theseconstitutionaldeprivationsbythe Defendantsaremadeactionablepursuantto42U.S.C.§1983.Thefollowingaverments supportthiscivilaction: (Parties) 1.ThePlaintiff,JessicaJauchisanadultresidentcitizenofRankinCounty, Mississippi. 2.TheDefendantChoctawCountyisapoliticalsubdivisionoftheStateof Mississippi.ChoctawCountymaybeservedwithprocessbyserviceuponitsChancery …