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| MS DOC asks for more funding |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 09/28/2006 |
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JACKSON, MS - Mississippi's prison system is seeking nearly a 5 percent increase in its budget next year, partly to hire more employees to handle an expected increase in the inmate population. Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps told lawmakers Wednesday many inmates are becoming more challenging to control. "Every year, they get more meaner and violent and disrespectful," said Epps, who has worked in the prison system for 25 years. House Appropriations Chairman Johnny Stringer, D-Montrose, said he likes one form of discipline he has heard about. Prison guards can take an inmate's meal and run it through a blender instead of giving the inmate solid food. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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