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| Miss. prison system seeks contract for transition beds |
| By greenfieldreporter.com- Jeff Amy |
| Published: 06/09/2014 |
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JACKSON, Mississippi — Mississippi's prison system has turned to a contractor to expand services for people released from prisons, after the town of Walnut Grove blocked the state's attempt to open its own transition center. New Way Mississippi, which provides 45 beds in transition centers in Jackson and McComb, is the only respondent to a request to provide 100 more beds to the state Corrections Department. The state now pays New Way $20 per inmate per day. The state also runs a 70-bed center at Mississippi Prison Industries Corp. The halfway houses give newly released inmates a place to live, help finding a job, and other services aimed to reduce the chance they'll commit a new offense. Read More. |
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