The Mississippi Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations for the State Department of Corrections – the state’s prison system – included $424.3 million from the General Fund, State Support Special Funds of $7.5 million, $19.5 million in federal funds, and other special funds of $27.07 million for a total of $458.9 million.
Those funds support the incarceration of 19,242 inmates as of Aug. 23. That comes out to be just under $23,849 annually per inmate. 10,672 of those inmates are housed in the big three state prisons at Parchman, Central Miss. Correctional in Rankin County, South Miss. Correctional in Leakesville and several smaller, more specialized state facilities. About 1,297 inmates are in county jails. Another 533 are in community work centers. Some 4,489 are in regional correctional facilities. Around 2,194 inmates are in private prisons. Restitution centers house 142 inmates with 15 inmates in transitional housing. It would make sense that Mississippi taxpayers would, as former Gov. Haley Barbour famously said during his eight years in office, want to “decide who they’re mad at and who they’re afraid of.” In other words, draw distinctions between inmates who represent an actual danger to society and merit the expenditure of nearly $24K a year to house, feed and guard them and those who don’t. Mississippi’s prison system has a capacity of just under 22,093 and a population of 19,242. Recidivism – or repeat offenders after serving prison time – is 37.1% in Mississippi in 2023. At the same time, Mississippi has bounced between the nation’s highest incarceration rate (661 per 100,000 state residents) and second or third on the list over the last five years. Our state’s incarceration rate at 661 is over twice the national average of 311. Mississippi didn’t come to this status overnight. Rising crime, the rising perceptions of crime and declining public safety gave birth – nationally and in Mississippi – to legislation that had unintended consequences. In 1995, Mississippi lawmakers followed national trends in attempting to “get tough on crime.” But in doing so, the lawmakers also dramatically increased the state’s prison population and therefore the operating costs of the state prison system. The Legislature adopted the so-called “85 percent rule” which mandated that all state convicts must serve at least 85 percent of their sentences before being eligible for parole. Mississippi’s law sharply contrasted with other states, where the 85 percent rule applied only to violent offenders. The law had a tremendous impact. On June 30, 1993, the Mississippi Department of Corrections had 9,629 prisoners with a capacity of 9,164. By the end of 1998, the figures jumped to 16,695 and 16,007, respectively. The rise and fall of the 85 percent rule is a follow-the-numbers game – even after steps were taken in 2008 to lessen the impact of the sentencing guidelines. In May 2002, there were 21,751 state inmates with 2,829 in private prisons and 17,490 convicts on probation or parole. By May 2012, there were 25,572 state inmates with 3,110 in private prisons and 35,242 convicts on probation or parole. After the failures of the 85 percent rule and the rapid introduction of private prisons as solutions to growing mass incarceration costs, it became clear that private prisons were no panacea. While certainly a worthy goal, corrections and criminal justice reforms can’t have the singular goal of saving money – public safety remains the priority. But there are without question the means of reducing Mississippi’s incarceration numbers that allow us to save tax dollars while bolstering public safety. Technology exists to make house arrest for non-violent crime a workable solution. Parole system and sentencing reforms tied to mandatory work release programs are also working in other states as a means of reducing the costly warehousing of non-violent first-time offenders. Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain has tried many innovative programs in his leadership of the state’s prison system since his appointment with Gov. Tate Reeves. But no reform would be more beneficial to the system than reducing the incarcerated population and Cain will need partners in the Mississippi Legislature to accomplish and implement that. Sid Salter is a syndicated columnist. Contact him at sidsalter@sidsalter.com.Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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Trollfest '09
Trollfest '07 was such a success that Jackson Jambalaya will once again host Trollfest '09. Catch this great event which will leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Othor Cain and his band, The Black Power Structure headline the night while Sonjay Poontang returns for an encore performance. Former Frank Melton bodyguard Marcus Wright makes his premier appearance at Trollfest singing "I'm a Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." Kamikaze will sing his new hit, “How I sold out to da Man.” Robbie Bell again performs: “Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be Bells” and “Any friend of Ed Peters is a friend of mine”. After the show, Ms. Bell will autograph copies of her mug shot photos. In a salute to “Dancing with the Stars”, Ms. Bell and Hinds County District Attorney Robert Smith will dance the Wango Tango.
Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
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Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and “Big Cat” Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The “Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless” booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word “jackass” was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
Trollfest '07
Jackson Jambalaya is the home of Trollfest '07. Catch this great event which promises to leave NE Jackson & Fondren in flames. Sonjay Poontang and his band headline the night with a special steel cage, no time limit "loser must leave town" bout between Alan Lange and "Big Cat"Donna Ladd following afterwards. Kamikaze will perform his new song F*** Bush, he's still a _____. Did I mention there was no referee? Dr. Heddy Matthias and Lori Gregory will face off in the undercard dueling with dangling participles and other um, devices. Robbie Bell will perform Her two latest songs: My Best Friends are in the Media and Mama's, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to be George Bell. Sid Salter of The Clarion-Ledger will host "Pin the Tail on the Trial Lawyer", sponsored by State Farm.
There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
This is definitely a Beaver production.
Note: Security provided by INS.
33 comments:
Damn, sounds as if the state has a lot of criminals.
And Jackson is the Per Capita Murder Capitol of the USA. But every little democrat-run city in the state is also a murderous hellhole.
So what, Sid. People who do bad shit wind up in jail, as they should.
Would Sid like to see Mississippi reduce the number jailed by doing as California did, and ignore crimes of theft that involve less than $800?
Would Sid like to see Law Enforcement adopt the standard of the ACLU, that fewer black people should be arrested until more white people are?
Sid ain’t seen the football since kickoff, and they about to do away with that.
Ditto to 8:15. He is a RINO
Can someone explain that to Roger Parkes?
It’s still not enough, so many of the murders in Jackistan are committed by people who should already be locked up
MS could do like Saudi Arabia did to reduce the incarceration rate:
Murder - chop off head
Theft: 1st offense: chop off one hand; 2nd offense: other hand
Rape: Chop off ...
Speeding: Chop off right foot (ok, I made that one up).
Looking at our demographics and corresponding statistical trends it would seem pretty logical that we would also have lots of criminals.
I agree with Sid on house arrest for non-violent criminals. Let the non-violent criminals live in their own houses and pay their own way. Save the prisons for the violent criminals that can't be trusted to walk around with the rest of us. Save the death penalty for those so effed-up that they can't be trusted to walk around with the rest of us - ever again.
House arrest is a good option, but they won't be "paying their own way." They will be receiving every possible socialist benefit available.
Rankin and Madison Counties are probably responsible for 1/3 of the entire MDOC population. Recently had a case of a 45 year old first offender disabled woman whose plea offer was FIVE years to serve in MDOC because she "sold, bartered, transferred" TWO (2) prescribed xanax pills to a person who was an informant. The informant told the defendant that she had a prescription but it had "run out" until the end of the month and set the meeting spot within 1500 feet of a church. Defendant did not even take money for the transfer. 5 Years to serve was the offer..
If you are a person who believes that the "punishment fits the crime" in this situation you are the reason MDOC is packed and costing millions....
Whaddya mean unintended consequences? That’s why they haven’t been changed. Some of the folks in charge like it this way.
It's because there is MORE crime.
The people on here yacking about non-violence and house-arrest are the same ones who post "Lock the bastard up" when someone steals from a homeowner fund or band fund.
And not one soul Chad arrests is a violent offender, yet these same clowns holler, "Put 'em behind bars!"
The problem is we don't lock up enough criminals. Just look at the unsolved homicide list of JPD. And that's just one crime category, in just one city.
maybe sid could take em all home with him.
Ms. should do like many countries do and ship their crooks to another country. We are already accepting criminals from just about any country that has any criminals. Maybe it is time we sent a few of our thugs in return.
There's nothing more white people love than throwing black people in jail. Highest rate in the country but it's never enough, is it? Have you ever stopped to consider that throwing so many people in jail - for often trivial reasons and usually racial reasons - is part of the problem? That it exacerbates family dysfunction which increases crime? Haha, trick question. Of course you haven't.
LABOR. That's one answer. We have trash and weeds overtaking our streets and highways especially in places like Jackson, and non-violent convicts sitting on their asses costing us all millions. Rewrite the criminal code, direct the judges, and give these people the option of working off time cleaning up this state or spending years in prison doing nothing. Many would rather work 4 hrs a day cleaning up for a year instead of serving 3 years doing nothing.
New flash to the Lock-em-up crowd. Putting people in jail makes you feel better that the criminal is being punished, but it doesn't deter crime. Looking at the recidivism rate, it doesn't even do very much to deter future crime from the person that gets locked up. However, prisons are a cash cow for the people who sell stuff to prisons and, of course, private prisons.
If we keep doing what we've been doing, we're going to keep getting what we've been getting.
That horse is long dead but continue to beat it if makes you feel bettrt
2:21 I was kidnapped by a serial kidnapper who was locked away for 18 years. Guess what? He didn't kidnap anyone during those 18 years. Sounds like recidivism was curtailed while he was in the lockup.
Yes, time in prison does deter future crime. A thug cannot commit a crime if they are locked up behind bars. If they go back to crime when they are released they were let out too early.
1:39 PM, there isn't a law against being of a certain race. If in prison there is more of one group of people than another group it is because they commit more crimes. It is simple.
Why do Democrats love crime and criminals so much? Because crime is a Democrat tactic.
If Jackson’s crime rates were equal to Madison and Rankin Counties, Democrats would not be running Jackson. They would get voted out by non-Democrat voters that would gladly move into Jackson. Same with Chicago, Atlanta, and every other high crime Democrat controlled shit hole. The math is the math. Democrats can’t have a monopoly on runny major cities for decade after decade after decade, without the crime that keeps non-Democrat voters out.
If you don't do crimes, you don't have to go to prison.
I've waited all day for someone to claim the reason so many criminals are in jail is because they're black and white people love throwing black people in jail.
When young black people are taught that kind of garbage, they grow up angry and bitter and post comments like that. Tragically they teach the same nonsense to their own children, and the cycle never ends.
7:24, while congress screwed up the 1994 Clinton, Biden bipartisan Crime Bill, they did prove that with enough political pressure from voters, the crack epidemic could mostly be fixed, i.e. crime can be reduced greatly. Watching a black minister chew Charlie Rangel out and asking why do we elect you if you won’t fix the crack problem destroying our communities…proved the power voters have.
Crime will never go away totally, but we know it can be tremendously reduced. But Democrats don’t want crime reduction. Because without the crime and chaos, they can’t monopolize control of cities like Jackson. I don’t know how white elitist Democrats (living behind gates or in the burbs while sending their kids to private schools) that keep their silence while children die from stray bullets…in exchange for votes…sleep at night. Crime reduction should be something every single American citizen (except criminal thugs) agree upon.
@4:53p You don’t get out of Mississippi much, do you? You can’t compare Jackson and Atlanta and Chicago. Atlanta and Chicago are thriving metropolises with great art, great universities, and great weath. Jackson in the only shithole in the group. Jackson has no great anything, and is a fine representation of Mississippi, the state who’s last in every measure of prosperity, health care, and safety.
9:33 AM, re: your question, compared to whom?
So sorry you weren’t able to experience Jackson when it was cool city; when one could go out on the town and hop from spot to spot to spot, before the city was destroyed by crime.
Re: the windy city, far left lunatic Rahm Emanuel wasn’t leftist enough for those Marxists teachers unions. Crime and the poverty programs funds being paid to those that so-called “serve the poor” (70%???) helps keep that Democrat strong hold on Chicago in place. No possible way Brandon Johnson could be Mayor otherwise.
Same with Baby Chok running Jackson. So yes, when it comes to Democrat controlled crime infested shit hole cities, they all have one thing in common; the love of crime and criminals, so they’re all comparable.
Chicago is thriving? Seriously, you wrote that? A $980+ MILLION dollar budget deficit and stratospheric crime rate is most assuredly not thriving.
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