The Mississippi Department of Corrections is a state agency of Mississippi that operates prisons. It has its headquarters in Jackson. As of 2020 Burl Cain is the commissioner.
"The Walls" was Mississippi's first prison, located in central Jackson.
Mississippi State Penitentiary
East Mississippi Correctional Facility is a men's prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Mississippi, near Meridian. It is about 90 miles east of the capital, Jackson. Opened in 1999, the
Mississippi Department of Corrections
…because of two prison riots in 2014. Due to declining need, the state closed the prison in September 2016. The ACLU and SPLC filed suit against the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, established for prisoners with serious mental illness, in 2013. The class-action suit at East Mississippi Correctional Facility is proceeding; the…
East Mississippi Correctional Facility