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8 Mar 2018, 11:29 am by Ryan J. Farrick
On Monday, attorneys for inmates at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility opened arguments in a class-action suit alleging barbaric conditions afflicting over a thousand prisoners. [read post]
30 May 2013, 11:20 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
I was raped at Eastern Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian, MS. [read post]
10 Apr 2018, 6:00 am by Ryan J. Farrick
Hall, et. al., a class action suit alleging barbaric living conditions at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian, Mississippi. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 10:30 am
At the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, where Mississippi sends some of the most seriously mentally ill people in the state prison system, even the most troubled patients are routinely ignored and the worst cases of self-harm are treated with certain neglect. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 7:49 am by Jon L. Gelman
Mississippi correctional facility cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA forworkplace violence and other hazards; more than $104,000 in fines proposed The U.S. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:15 am
The lawsuit against the East Mississippi Correctional Facility highlights a major problem with private prisons. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:19 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
And in Mississippi, the state has awarded the new Wilkinson County contract to MTC – the same company that runs East Mississippi Correctional Facility (the subject of a new prison conditions lawsuit filed just last month by the ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center) and the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility (which was recently found to have the highest inmate assault rate of any prison in Mississippi). [read post]
30 May 2013, 7:34 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
East Mississippi Correctional Facility is hyper-violent, grotesquely filthy and dangerous. [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 12:01 pm
The following is a list of facilities for individuals with cerebral palsy in Mississippi compiled by United Cerebral Palsy as a comprehensive One-Stop Resource Guide to help locate assistance. [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 12:43 pm by Will Matthews, ACLU
Prison officials will move all seriously mentally ill prisoners to the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian, Miss., a facility that is uniquely able to house prisoners afflicted with psychiatric problems, and they have agreed to improve the levels of medical and mental health care provided in Unit 32 so long as any prisoners remain there. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 1:38 pm by Suzanne Ito
The good: the Mississippi Department of Corrections has ended its contract with GEO. [read post]
5 Jun 2011, 8:06 am
As a result of the collision, several barges broke free from the tow then drifted downriver into the intake channel of the plaintiff's facility and became grounded on the east bank of the intake channel, lodging against the station. [read post]
28 Jun 2013, 12:57 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Set the Record Straight On Thursday, Mississippi Department of Corrections issued its first written response to our lawsuit challenging intolerable conditions at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility in the form of a press release. [read post]
31 May 2013, 2:01 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
NEW LAWSUIT: Massive Human Rights Violations at Mississippi Prison Yesterday, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
 Louisiana, Mississippi and other states must implement corrective actions to prevent future recurrences.4.) [read post]
7 Jul 2014, 11:46 am by By Ajmel Quereshi, Staff Counsel, ACLU
” According to a recent article in the New York Times regarding the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which is currently the subject of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center, mental health exams of prisoners are sometimes conducted while prisoners are asleep, and “self-injurious behaviors like cutting are a daily occurrence. [read post]
31 May 2013, 1:47 pm by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
ACLU Files Civil Rights Suit Charging Massive Human Rights Violations at East Mississippi Correctional Facility: On May 30, the ACLU along with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Law Offices of Elizabeth Alexander filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of prisoners at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). [read post]
5 Sep 2021, 1:15 pm by John Floyd
Rather than contract for a prison building contract, Mississippi elected to entice former Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain to become the state’s corrections chief. [read post]
14 Jan 2023, 2:14 am
Throughout the country, there are numerous Veterans Benefits Administration facilities that can help veterans with a history of military asbestos exposure receive a correct and accurate diagnosis. [read post]