Justice Department finds problems with violence, gangs and poor conditions in 3 Mississippi prisons

FILE _ The logo of the Mississippi Department of Corrections is shown on the shirt of a corrections officer on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Miss. The U.S. Justice Department released a report Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024, saying Mississippi has failed to protect inmates at three prisons from violence because it does not adequately supervise incarcerated people, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct, (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Gangs, violence and sexual assaults are a problem in three Mississippi prisons because the facilities are short-staffed and inmates are sometimes left unsupervised, the Department of Justice said in a report Wednesday.

The department said the state failed to protect inmates' safety, control contraband or investigate harm and misconduct.

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