Jackson Jambalaya

The delta was hit hard. We got lucky. I think about 180k in the state were without power at one time. For info by county go to poweroutage.us but some small utilities are not tracked.

Don’t want to do the time, don’t do the crime.

Oh well….

Yes they should serve there time but even animals at the zoo are kept warm

They are all scum and they deserve nothing. No pity. I hope they all suffer miserably in the cold.

How are they going to charge their phones?

Hopefully all the bureaucrats got the memo like FEMA did from Homeland Security that they can't use the usual three letter word for the cold slippery stuff that knocks down power lines and trees. They need to to describe the frozen liquid rain storm or damages from the frozen liquid rain water. Due to ongoing more important operations that have been in the news.

Just another case of hiring personnel not qualified for the job. All emergency generators should be run once a week without a load and once a month with a load. Hiring relatives and buddies does have consequences.

Our power went out yesterday morning and it is still out. We're in southwest Hinds County. Thank God, we have a whole house generator but our propane tank is down to 50% this morning. I can't imagine how bad it must be at Parchman. Hopefully, electric service will be restored today.

Can’t be true. In 2020, Governor Tate promised to stop the bleeding in Mississippi Prisons…

Mr Cain has only been in charge of MDOC since 2020.

“You don’t turn the Titanic around overnight.”

Oh, bless your cold, shriveled little heart, you anonymous keyboard tough guy hiding behind “Anonymous” on a Blogger comment thread at 9:05 PM like it’s some grand act of bravery. You sit there in your heated house (or maybe your mama’s basement with the space heater cranked), typing out wishes for misery like you’re auditioning for the villain in a bad prison movie, and you think it makes you edgy? It doesn’t. It makes you pathetic.
“They are all scum”? Every single one? You know the names, crimes, circumstances, and life stories of 1,900 men at Parchman? Of course you don’t—you’re just regurgitating the laziest, most brain-dead tribalism Mississippi has to offer: “If they’re locked up, they forfeit basic decency.” Newsflash, genius: the Constitution doesn’t have an “except for scum” clause in the Eighth Amendment. Cruel and unusual punishment is still illegal even when the recipient isn’t on your Christmas card list. Hoping people suffer miserably in the cold because “they deserve nothing”? That’s not justice. That’s sadism with extra steps.
And the irony? You’re probably the same type who whines about “government overreach” or “bureaucrats ruining everything” in the very next breath—yet here you are cheering (or at least shrugging at) a catastrophic failure of state-run systems: generators that don’t work, staff that doesn’t respond, food not served, medical calls ignored. That’s not “consequences for crime.” That’s taxpayer-funded incompetence endangering lives, and you’re out here rooting for the incompetence because it hurts the “right” people. Real principled stand you’ve got there.
You want to talk tough about suffering? Try being locked in a concrete box when the temperature drops, no heat, no hot meal, no way to call for help, while the people paid to keep things running shrug and say “limb fell on a line, it’ll be back on soon.” But nah, you’d rather fantasize about their misery because it lets you feel superior for five seconds. Spoiler: it doesn’t. It just makes you look like the kind of small, mean-spirited person who gets off on imagining others in pain.
So keep typing your hate from the safety of your warm chair. The rest of us will keep pointing out that prisons aren’t torture chambers, even for people you hate and that wishing suffering on strangers says way more about your character than it does about theirs. Scum? Look in the mirror, champ. The reflection’s uglier than you think.

If Government says all is well, then you can believe it. Take it to the bank. Bet the farm. Because what Government tells the public is as sound as the dollar.

In other news, Iraqi dictator and madman Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction capable of being deployed against America in as little as 45 minutes.

Thank you, 11:01pm, for stating the obvious.

It’s a bunch of rapists, murderers, and thieves. Let them suffer.
reminds me of the new DHS ICE mugshot page Worst of the Worst showing that DHS ICE is arresting and deporting murderers, rapists, and thieves, in Minnesota. And somehow this is worthy of protest?

@8:48pm - you are giving the Jackson Zoo entirely too much credit. Ask the animals there how they like it.

Bring out the ball and chain and put it on them while they physically chop down trees for fire wood. Is there any reason why they should not “provide for themselves”, instead of people like me paying (taxes) for their comfort?

Wow you arr really funny @7:14 AM

Has anyone trusted anything s politician has said since Bush said “Mission Accomplished” and Al Gore said he invented the internet and that NYC would be underwater from melted polar ice caps by now?

@8:09--Thank you for saying that about 9:05 who obviously needs a lot more Jesus. Hope I'm not near his ass on judgement day.

@ 9:23- Im fine with treating them like animals if they have a life sentence. My only issue are the ones who don't have life sentences, because they have to come back society. If you treat someone like an animal they turn into one. And I don't want barbaric animals coming into our society. Which again is fine if they have a life sentence. because they will be an animal locked in a cage

I agree with 9:05
Comment of the day

Capt Sanctimony, to the rescue!

But Clueless Tate promised to fix the problems at the State Prisons five years ago…

9:05 💯let them die

Lots of non-felons in similar situations

I’d say stay in bed under the covers to stay warm, most inmates have a snack pile that would last a month.
As a former Soldier I remember being in a tent with no heat, the ground was covered with snow for more than 5 days. I made the best out of the situation and tell those stories to my grandkids when they complain. America we are fortunate!

I would like the facts about this incident and then I'll be in a much better position to have an opinion.

They need to decide wheter the facts make them look good, otherwise you'll not be getting the facts!

You mean the new commissioner has not solved all the problems at Parchman? Few actually care about an inmate being without heat for a few days. Imagine a democrat governor and see what you get.

If you don’t think people in prison don’t deserve to be treated decently, you need to take a good look at your soul, and I feel very sad for you.

@9:05 - There’s that Christian love this board is famous for.

@7:26 - but make no mistake, we are all on the Titanic.

No worries. Next year there will be +$100MM no-bid contract to one BC's buddies to provide backup emergency power. Does anyone ever wonder why the Auditor's office is prohibited from auditing the MDOC (a.k.a., the largest source of state generated graft)?

Wasn't it Jesus that said what you do for the least of you, you do to me?

Not everyone in prison is a bad person. Some just make very bad choices.

Um, committing a crime is a choice. There are people in this country that have been through worse and are not in jail due to crime. Maybe they are there due to the choices they make. Make better choices and they can enjoy heat in the winter as we do.

There are people all over the state, still about 152k, without power. The total was about 180k at the peak. Some of you whining about the convicts like it is only them without power is laughable. The delta was hit hard, and it will take a while to get power restored. Most of you won’t survive long if things really get rough in society again. Feel free to adopt an inmate.

Poweroutage.com

@9:01 AM - You forgot Bush Sr. with his "read my lips no new taxes."

Part of the problem is the very low pay rate for MDOC employees. Instead of raising the salaries of teachers and highway patrol officers, raise the salaries for those keeping the prisons upkeep and the prisoners locked up.

January 25, 2026 at 9:05 PM, keep planting that crop, because you're going to reap it. Chances are you're already reaping, and too ignorant to know it.

ATTENTION if you commit a crime, convicted and sentenced to incarceration in the State of Mississippi you may have a temporary loss of electricity at the facility which you are housed.
The State has inmates that are set free and return to the system over and over. MDOC ain’t that bad it’s home with sometimes a little inconvenience. Im sure the State of Mississippi will do everything to ensure the inmates get the best treatment as required by Law.

Burl Ives has got some explaining to do. With him being ordered by a judge to pay up by 1/30/26 and not having a plan of action at a penitentiary, he has a plate full. And we thought we were getting something good from Lowsyanna

We worry about prisoners who have committed crimes against law abiding citizens when we have military who have had to fight in sub zero weather with no food for days at a time. My Dad was one who fought communism in Korea in the harsh winter of 1950-1951and here we are being softies and allowing socialism and Marxism to influence our culture. Those criminals made their beds. Let them sleep in them.

11:12am and 7:37am EXACTLY!
In addition No one wants anyone to be without the basic necessities. Let’s just pray these men and women quit making prison their forever home! They have choices you know!

Dang. I guess they gonna miss Criminal Minds and Wheel .