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MDOC launches recruitment drive for new corrections officers
MDOC launches recruitment drive for new corrections officers By Charles Herrington | February 6, 2021 at 7:06 PM CST - Updated February 6 at 7:07 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Officials with the Mississippi Department of Corrections are making their way across the state, hoping to hire hundreds of new corrections officers.
MDOC has launched a recruitment drive.
The goal is to hire about 700 new officers in the next six weeks.
Saturday, agency officials were at several locations across the state, meeting job candidates.
Among the places they stopped was the Petal Walmart.
“It’s replacing attrition, we’ve had a lot of retirees in the last few years,” said Andrew C. Mills, superintendent of the South Mississippi Correctional Institute. “We’ve got some retirees approaching and the State has seen fit to give us a significant pay raise, it’s making us more competitive out with the market.”
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Blenz Bowls, a Miami-inspired smoothie bowl food truck and cafe concept founded at the University of Alabama, rolled on to the University of Mississippi campus this semester, the first of many proposed Southeastern Conference expansions for the business.
The smoothie spot, which was founded by Alabama graduates Riley Voce and Zach Rogers in 2018, has its sights set on a complex market: on-campus dining.
“We identified pretty early on that college campuses are our market,” Voce said. “It’s very untapped. There’s a huge barrier to entry; it’s hard to get on campus.”
Aramark, a multinational food contractor that supplies food to a variety of education, healthcare, business and carceral clients including the Mississippi Department of Corrections holds exclusive power over dining options at the university, making it difficult for independent vendors to break onto the on-campus roster.
Qualifying begins Feb. 12, and the qualifying deadline is Feb. 24.Â
The special election will be held March 16.
Howard pleaded guilty to embezzlement in Monroe County Circuit Court, and Judge John White ordered his removal from office and a 10-year suspended sentence with the Mississippi Department of Corrections.