Our investigation exposed Mississippi’s modern-day debtors prisons. By The Marshall Project
Reporters Anna Wolfe and Michelle Liu of Mississippi Today have been awarded the 2021 Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award for “Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mississippi.” Their year-long investigation reveals how Mississippi locks people into modern-day debtors prisons where they’re sentenced to an amount of money, rather than time. First-of-its-kind data analysis by The Marshall Project’s Andrew R. Calderón shows that black people are disproportionately sentenced to these facilities, known as “restitution centers.”
Wolfe, Liu and Calderón revealed that the people detained in these facilities are placed into low-wage, sometimes dangerous jobs the Mississippi Department of Corrections handles their paychecks and takes the first cut in “room and board” and transportation costs. Since the story was pub
The Cain Way: MDOC Commissioner says gang numbers shrinking in Miss. prisons (Part 1)
The Cain Way: MDOC Commissioner says gang numbers shrinking in Miss. prisons (Part 1) By Howard Ballou | February 10, 2021 at 10:43 PM CST - Updated February 12 at 11:02 AM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Before the floods, tornadoes, and even before the pandemic, Mississippi was facing a problem that was putting the Magnolia State in the national spotlight. Our prisons were out of control.
In May 2020, Governor Tate Reeves introduced us to his choice to fix problems. His name is Burl Cain, from neighboring Louisiana - appointed to Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
A man who fled from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) office in Aberdeen Jan. 26 and again from the Monroe County Sheriffâs Office Monday was arrested Wednesday.
Joshua Addington, 31, of Smithville surrendered on a set of railroad tracks near Smithville to the same deputy who transported him earlier in the week, according to Sheriff Kevin Crook.
He was arrested at a residence alongside Parham Store Road Monday for absconding from the MDOC nearly two weeks prior. Deputies found him to be in possession of three firearms in the attic of the home, including a sawed-off shotgun.Â
Addington managed to escape from the patrol car nearly two blocks away from the Monroe County Detention Center in Aberdeen before he was booked.
North Mississippi man escapes police custody twice in two weeks
He escaped from the patrol car while being transported back to jail Share Updated: 4:15 PM CST Feb 9, 2021 Joshua Addington, 31, of Smithville SOURCE: Monroe Co. Sheriff s Office
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He escaped from the patrol car while being transported back to jail Share Updated: 4:15 PM CST Feb 9, 2021 Authorities in north Mississippi are searching for a man who has escaped custody twice in the past two weeks. Joshua Addington, 31, of Smithville, initially escaped from the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections in Aberdeen two weeks ago, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. He was serving a three-year sentence on possession of methamphetamine charges and was scheduled to be released from custody in 2023.On Monday, investigators located him at his home on Parham Store Road. Deputies say they had to remove him from the