Jackson Jambalaya

It’s under a receiver right? Federally appointed? Maybe it’s not as easy to run as y’all say.

I’m still surprised we don’t more riots (flash-mobs to the MSM) in places around the Metro. They seem to be a common occurrence EVERYWHERE from Atlanta to Memphis, and all the way to LA and SanFran-sicko.

Send the recent graduates from the welding program and put them to work.

That place is a riot. Anyway, did the riot wake up the deputies?

Tyree Jones excuses incoming in 3... 2... 1...

What's going we have family in there.

Do the cells not have locking doors?

Lemme back up...ARE there cells and DO they have doors?

Burn it down!

Another request for funding for a new jail in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

And we find out about it here. That’s real good. We never got a notice. But, we need to keep dumping money into Hinds County. That group of people that are concerned about their loved ones never consider about the loved ones of the victims do they? I was just asking out loud here since one or maybe two of them along with Our Marxist government in Hinds County trolls this site.

For those suggesting that RDC is under the Feds now or receivership, it is not. The County weaseled their way out of that over a year ago. They got the Judge to scale the receivership threat back to a judge's order and the DOJ requirements removed. Then they were able to get the court to agree that the judge did not have the authority to require them to do a majority of the order. Afterwards they all patted themselves on the back for a job well done and RDC went back to being a huge dangerous circus. Having previously worked around RDC for 15 years I can say a new jail is not going to fix a majority of the issues. A majority of the issues are on the human side of the equation and start with person Tyree has over the jails.

The place was a dump before the first prisoner ever stepped foot in it. It is the result of only allowing minority businesses to bid on it. If I remember right the place never passed a final inspection before the prisoners were brought in. I do know the cell doors could be opened with a towel.
How could anyone mess up a building made of cement and metal? Benny should be asked why the place is a dump.
Now there is a demand for a new prison to be built. What makes people think the new prison will be aby better than the old one? The same people will be allowed to bid on it and the same people will inspect it after it is built. Why would anyone think it will be any better?

New jail would be same as old jail, but Socrates et al would be richer.

Benchmark is building the new jail.

Kingfish: Three questions...

1. The current building cannot be retrofitted or upgraded?

2. Where will this new facility be located?

3. Who approved the contract?

They've spent millions trying to rehab that jail. A lot of money is also wasted on transporting prisoners back and forth. It should never have been in Raymond in the first place. The jail can't be fixed. Poor design, poor construction. All thanks to Bennie Thompson.

The Board approved it.

The jail should be within walking distance or underground tunnel distance from the courthouse. As someone who has practiced law in actual cities with high crime rates, this is where they were located. Transporting prisoners daily by bus/van is not only a chore, but an extremely expensive one.

And, in downtown Jackson, there are plenty locations near the courthouse that will do just fine.

So, if the board approved the new one and it should never have been in Raymond, where, pray tell, will the new one be (not to mention some sort of warranty on the work).

How about the former MetroCenter Mall location? Then, setup an express tram down Court St. to E. Capital to Robinson, and then it's home sweet home for the evil doers.

KF, my question to your 12:15 comment is, are you in approval of that arrangement or just merely making a statement of fact. As a subcontractor I can honestly say the contractor that you mentioned is questionable. More than you will ever know. Been there…done that and that’s not here say. I experienced it so that’s not slander.

Uhhhh, no Benchmark is not building a new jail. Benchmark may have a relationship with the current Board, but the County has no funding and without audits cannot issue public debt. Thus, no money means nothing for Benchmark to build.

The jail problem needs solution other than the $100mm fantasy jail on the hill in SoJackson. BTW, one must wonder why did the County fire Richard McNeel in 2020 - who could have designed a constitutional facility for $30mm? He was president of the State architectural board and had designed jails. Guess he was not the right flavor for Hinds County.

Now Sheriff Jones states that there was no riot and that the officer was injured when he tripped.

Uh huh.

The Westin is sitting where the jail should have been built almost 30 years ago.

@11:48, I found out in 2017 that the Hinds County Board of Supervisors gave the developer of the Westin $9,000,000 of our money. The contractor from Birmingham, B&G was bragging about it. Little did us, the taxpayers know this was occurring. And that money was to pay for Concrete Formwork. Firsthand Knowledge so this isn’t here say. But, you’re correct in saying the jail should have been located where the Westin is. I just thought I would bring that bit of information to the table.

Ummm, 6:43 - there is a new jail being built. Just as many other jails have been built in and around Mississippi, there are other ways than what you suggest to accomplish the goal of having a new jail.

Not defending it, or condemning it - but, Benchmark is building a jail that Benchmark if financing and will own; and has entered into a long term lease with the Couony for them to use it. No difference that if you wanted office space but didn't want to tie up your money, or credit, for your specific needs. You enter into a long-term contract with someone to build your facility. Examples can be seen in the office park complex at the intersection of I55 and Meadowbrook where Kerioth built for Commercial Bank some twenty years ago, along with a couple of law firms.The jail is just being done on a public facility - similar to the private prisons at Marshall and Wilkinson Counties.

5:45, thanks for explaining (This is 6:43). Makes sense and gives a citizen hope that a new jail might get done correctly in the foreseeable future. Also explains the price increase from McNeel’s proposal. No doubt a millage hike when it’s complete but it ought to save money in the long run - or so we were told 30 years ago.