55 Inmates Transferred Due To Overcrowding

Jackson County, Mississippi is transferring dozens of prisoners to neighboring counties to help offset prison overcrowding.

By: Christian Stapleton | WKRG
Published: November 15, 2009

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South Mississippi's Jackson County is
trying to relieve jail crowding by paying another county to house
about 55 of its inmates.
The Mississippi Press reports that the coastal county last week
sent the inmates to Pearl River County, about 85 miles to the west.
Board of Supervisors President Manly Barton says Jackson County
also has signed an agreement with nearby George County in case more
inmates need to be shipped out.
Barton says Jackson County is paying about $45 per inmate, per
day to Pearl River County.
The inmates must be taken back to Pascagoula every time they
have a hearing or other court function.