Mississippi Sued Over 'Hellish' Conditions in For-Profit Prison

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/26/mississippi-sued-over-hellish-conditions-profit-prison

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At the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, sometimes incarcerated people are forced to resort to starting fires to get attention from negligent staff.

Mississippi Sued Over 'Hellish' Conditions in For-Profit Prison
Sarah Lazare, staff writer
September 26, 2014

Denial of food and medical care. Cells and floors soiled with blood, urine, and feces. Excessive force by prison guards. Weeks, months, and years in solitary confinement.

These are the conditions found at a "special needs" for-profit prison, the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which is tasked by the state's department of corrections with incarcerating 1,200 people, approximately 1,000 of whom have severe psychiatric disorders, according to a legal motion filed Friday.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union, Law Office of Elizabeth Alexander, and Covington & Burling LLP filed the motion in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, asking the federal court to approve a 2013 complaint as a class-action suit against the state officials in charge of the East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF). They say they hope this move will help protect all of the people who are subject to the facility's "inhumane" and "torturous" conditions.

Formerly run by private prison company GEO Group, the EMCF is now operated by the Utah-based Management and Training Corporation, with its health services provided by the Mississippi-based Health Assurance, LLC. Both companies won lucrative contracts with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

[SamKnause]

1. K&R

I often wonder why we are continually told that we are the shining example for other countries to follow.

Greed is consuming the very soul of this country.

Evil people are in control of our government, our justice system, our penal system, our police forces, Wall Street, health insurance companies etc.

They have infested every nook and cranny in this country.

They are parasites sucking the life's blood out of this country.

They are guilty of murder by the actions and policies.

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