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Overcrowding, dilapidation force the need for a new jail
By djournal.com - Adam Armour
Published: 08/30/2016

FULTON – If there’s a person in Itawamba County who stubbornly refuses to believe jail overcrowding is a problem, jail administrator Vicky Russell will gladly set them straight.

There’s a litany of issues that come with having a packed jail. Russell is happy to list them all because she’s seen them all.

“Fights break out; inmates getting on each other’s nerves; people are constantly trying to bring contraband into jail … If God wasn’t in control, we would be in a mess,” she said.

With or without divine assistance, the county jail is in a mess. It’s not just overcrowding, although that’s easily the biggest problem. Jail officials say the whole thing is coming apart, everything from leaks in the roof to what Russell described as “rats as big as cats” emerging from the prisoners’ toilets.

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