Jackson Jambalaya

Looks really no different than the general conditions found in many Jackustan neighborhoods.

Hmmm.....all that standing water. Are there no drains in the place?

I am not generally a conspiracy theorist, but I believe the requests for a new jail has repeatedly fallen on deaf ears. What better way to get a new jail than to tear up the existing one beyond repair?
Also, I heard on tv that they are letting some of the inmates out on house arrest. What a reward for their actions!!

Ty-wrong , Yo Sheruff.

First I hope the Feds come and do a complete investigation into this whole uprising.
Second - Hinds County Just spent a lot of money to get the Criminal Dockets back in order with a special judge. Guess they will start over on that after criminal courts have been suspended.
Third - charge the participants of this riot and asses fines and restitution to them.

Just another day in paradise!

11:00, house arrest is something that should have been used all along. People in pretrial detention because they can't make bond on nonviolent crimes, or people locked up for bull**** misdemeanors or old fines are unnecessarily taking up needed space and wasting county funds.

Mr. Crowley; Not saying those circumstances do not exist, but, do you by any chance have a reliable estimate of what percentage of the total population is represented by the categories you mention? If it's ten percent, your post is pure hyperbole.

But, aren't we talking about the lack of public safety caused by a crackerbox jail rather than who ought and ought not be incarcerated?

Since Tyrone Lewis took office there has been a steady exodus of qualified deputies leaving HCSO. The number of deputies that were run off or have resigned since Tyrone Lewis took office has tripled compared to any seven month period that Malcolm McMillin served in office. There was never a full scale riot like this during Malcolm McMillin’s tenure as Sheriff. Sheriff McMillin made continuous efforts to staff all dention facilities with qualified detention deputies and supervisors. Under Malcolm McMillian; HCSO was a certified detention officer training facility for not only HCSO but for other agencies that employed detention officers. But not anymore; training was discontinued when Tyrone Lewis took office. Mainly because; most if not all, of the staff qualified to train detention deputies were either fired or resigned. One inmate able to escape during a simple cell transfer, resulting in the take over an entire housing pod, causing this much havoc and destruction, is the direct result of inadequate staffing of qualified personnel, lack of training, and no supervisory control. What will happen when a dozen or more inmates decide to take over the jail? The county board of supervisors won’t have to hire anyone to destroy the Raymond detention facility all they have to do is wait until the inmates do it for them. And how many inmates and employees will be injured or die when that happens?

Kingfish, "where are the drains" don't you remember the original construction problem when the drains were left out of the showers by the minority contractors

i wonder what part of KATRINA he was thinking about? Probably all of the idiots on the bridge wondering what all of the 100's of buses sitting there were for...

12:35, "People in pretrial detention ..." (for whatever reason) "... or people locked up for bull**** misdemeanors or old fines ... " should answer to the established laws and rules of society, should they not? If the rule is they are to be held ... they are to be held. Don't like it? Gather a majority and change the rules to your liking. Until then ...tough *hit.

why arent we holding the sheriff responsible for this? isnt that what we was elected to do? and before you say the jail wasnt built right, why didnt we have this problem for the last 20 years?

I hate to be the first to suggest Tywrong gets a pass because of his race. To criticize him too harshly might indicate we're racists. There's another fellow in a leadership role whose true-believers have groaned for over three years that he needs four more years to get it right - the initial three were not enough - and to feel otherwise, incidates racism. Remember how they chanted he hasn't been in office long enough for the first year. Then the second. Then the third. Now the fourth?

It's the prisoner's mess, let them clean it up. The faster they get it done, the quicker they can go back to watching TV or weight lifting.

Tyrone Lewis is the Barack Obama of HindsCo. Incompetent and unqualified.

Dear LORD please give Tyrone the strength to work through his too-long-to-list shortcomings. We ask his deliverance in Jesus' name.

If Tywrong had not spent $4000.00 for his office furniture he might have some money to pay his deputies...

They should get all the "home-made" weapons out of there, put secure locks on the doors and make them live in the mess they have created!!!

Don't forget the new vehicles for his command staff. Why is Daughtry always standing behind him .

Put those thugs in tents like sheriff Joe Arpelo does on Arizona ..

2:35, house arrest doesn't exist for the benefit of the criminal. It exists for the benefit of the society you referenced. It saves money, relieves overcrowding, etc.

5:05 said: "Dear LORD please give Tyrone the strength to work through his too-long-to-list shortcomings. We ask his deliverance in Jesus' name."

I took the liberty of putting together a list of Sheriff Lewis' "shortcomings:"

Over 1 MILLION dollars (10 kilos) worth of Rankin County SlimFast removed from the streets, and a meth mule behind bars

$100,000 in cocaine taken off the street and a major cocaine dealer in jail

Armed drug dealers arrested, drugs and $15,000.00 in forfeitable drug money seized in the City of Jackson (doing the job Harvey Johnson's campus cop won't do)

2 drug dealers arrested and 50 pounds ($85,000.00) of marijuana seized

While you disgruntled douchebags have been sitting on your cowardly anonymous asses spreading lies on the internet, THIS is what Sheriff Lewis has been doing.

Don't bother apologizing, a simple "Thank You, Sheriff Lewis" should suffice.

Pearl Narcotics K9 assisted that drug find , pump your brakes hating on JPD . Give credit to those deputies who have been there before him. And before you say they never found dope before , they have they just didn't have a Facebook page and broadcast the inner workings of the division. Lewis is doing a fine job . We will know how good he is August of 2015 when he is up for re-election.