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Woman arrested near Rankin County prison with $400,000 in drugs

Rankin County sheriff's deputies arrested a woman near the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility with what authorities ...

Traffic checkpoint leads to $400K drug bust near Central Mississippi Correctional Facility

Sheriff’s officials said Thomas was headed to the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and allegedly planned to ...
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Woman arrested for trying to introduce $400K worth of contraband into Central Mississippi Correctional Facility

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – Rankin County deputies arrested a woman for trying to introduce contraband into the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF). Investigator Tyler Burnell, with the ...
The Marshall Project

They Spent Years in Solitary Confinement in Mississippi Despite Suicide Risk

For decades, MDOC has regularly held incarcerated people in solitary confinement for weeks, months — and in some cases — ...