No More Private Prisons Says Bill Introduced in Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C.–Private prisons have been an issue in Mississippi for several years, with fights, riots, even killings of prisoners and guards and a push to...
Tag : Chris Epps
Bribes and Kickbacks: Two More Charged With Paying Epps for Corrections Contracts
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JACKSON, Miss.–Paying former Dept. of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps so they could benefit from Corrections contracts is the charge against Irb Benjamin, 69, of Madison,...
Your Tax Money Misspent: State Auditor Releases Annual Report, Millions Recovered
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PHOTO: Pickering with the annual exceptions report in hand at the Neshoba County Fair Wednesday. JACKSON, Miss.–There was over $1.2 million recovered by the state...
Epps, McCrory Sentencing Delayed
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JACKSON, Miss. – Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday on corruption charges in Jackson federal court, but that has now...
Correcting His Corruption Denials, Ex Corrections Leader Confesses
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JACKSON, Miss. – Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps pled guilty Wednesday to two charges of federal corruption....
Report on Corrections Going to Gov.: No Bid Contracts Should Be a No Go
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JACKSON, Miss.–Eliminating the possibility of corruption is the end goal of a task force created by Gov. Bryant after former Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps and...
Corrections Corruption Taskforce Gets New Members And a Date to Start its’ Investigation
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JACKSON, Miss. – Former Attorney General Mike Moore has been appointed to serve on a new task force created to review Mississippi Department of Corrections’...
Mississippi Democrat Claims Contract Policy Gateway to Graft and Corruption
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JACKSON, Miss. – State Rep. David Baria, D-Waveland, Friday called for a legislative hearing to discuss recent corruption charges against former Mississippi Department of Corrections...
Another Miss. Prison Stabbing, This Time an Inmate is Dead
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LEAKSVILLE, Miss.–A stabbing at the prison in Leaksville killed 37-year-old inmate Merlin Littleton and a fellow inmate is being questioned. Now the Dept. of Corrections...