November 10, 2011
Private prison to close because it can’t operate cheaper than state
Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps says a privately run prison in Leflore County will close in January.
Epps says the state and Tennessee-based Corrections Corporation of America mutually agreed to cease operations. How the decision affects operations of the Leflore County jail at the same site is unclear.
Epps and CCA officials say plans are to cease operations of the 1,172-bed Delta Correctional Facility in Greenwood, Miss. on Jan. 15, 2012...
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