Mississippi Jails Are Losing Inmates, And Local Officials Are ‘Devastated’ By The Loss Of Revenue
by Ryan Grim HuffPost Politics
“If they do not send us our inmates back, we can’t make it,” said one county supervisor.“I don’t think it necessarily started out this way, but the inmate population has become the backbone of some of these counties that are involved,”
" ... local officials are investigating whether the state inmates are instead winding up in private prisons. “According to their reports, they have some private prisons that they are actually paying up to $80 a day. I think it’s political favors going around ..."
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