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| Private jail considered |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/29/2006 |
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GULFPORT, MS - Harrison County supervisors say they will go back to lawmakers in January to seek approval to allow a private company to run the jail. The county faces a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the estate of Jessie Lee Williams Jr., who died after being beaten Feb. 4 in the jail's booking area. Another inmate also was allegedly severely beaten in the jail before that incident. On Monday, supervisors voted to seek proposals from private corrections-management firms. Supervisors also asked Sheriff George H. Payne Jr. to cooperate with the privatization effort and allow potential bidders to visit and inspect the jail...Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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