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| Jail getting repairs; much more needed |
| By clarionledger.com - Ruth Ingram |
| Published: 11/07/2012 |
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Mississippi - Insurance money will pay for restoring a portion of the Hinds County jail exactly to the shape it was in before a destructive July inmate riot: a facility where cell doors didn’t lock, fire codes were disobeyed and other deficiencies left it unsafe for both prisoners and the jail’s staff. Other improvements that will make the jail’s Pod C unit secure and up to industry standards could cost the county $500,000 or more, supervisors say. “This is for construction pertaining to damage due to the riot,” Dan Gibson, the county’s insurance consultant, said of the insurance settlement. “This is not wish list items. It’s just the cost to put the jail back in the condition it was before the riot.” Read More. |
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