The Mississippi Department of Corrections decided a couple of years ago that its employees just needed to meditate some to lower the stress of their job. To put them in the mood, MDOC bought a truckload of massage chairs, Himalayan salt lamps and other accoutrements.
If State Auditor Shad Whiteâs report on the chronically troubled agency is correct, former Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall did a lot of her meditating over how to rip off the taxpayers.
Last week, White released his second bombshell of the year when he said that under Hallâs leadership, MDOC misspent millions of dollars, including over $100,000 that benefited Hall personally.
Audit requested by MDOC commissioner finds hundreds of thousands in misspent funds by previous administration
Audit requested by MDOC commissioner finds hundreds of thousands in misspent funds by previous administration By C.J. LeMaster | December 17, 2020 at 8:49 PM CST - Updated December 18 at 9:00 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Six years after a corruption scandal rocked the Magnolia State, the Mississippi Department of Corrections finds itself once again under investigation over misspent funds and a former commissioner who violated the law.
That investigation, revealed Thursday, details 18 separate instances where leadership within MDOC engaged in “widespread fraud, waste and abuse.”
State Auditor Shad White said former MDOC Commissioner Pelicia Hall was responsible for mishandling most of those taxpayer dollars, particularly for authorizing all employees with comp time to be able to get that unused time as a buyout payment.
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