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The department said the 90-day contract to house inmates at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler would cost more than $2 million. Photo courtesy WhisperToMe

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Mississippi, Lacking Guards, Sends Inmates to Private Prison

Mississippi's prison system signed a 90-day contract to shift 375 inmates from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman to a nearby private lockup, saying it doesn't have the guards to …

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