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| Judge allows Mississippi inmates’ class-action lawsuit against MDOC |
| By themississippilink.com |
| Published: 09/30/2015 |
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(AP) A federal judge is allowing inmates to go forward with their lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections and a private prison operator. U.S. District Judge William Barbour Jr. on Tuesday granted class certification to a group of inmates at East Mississippi Correctional Facility. They are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Utah-based Management & Training Corp. operates the prison near Meridian. The prisoners allege EMCF is plagued by violence against prisoners by fellow inmates and guards, and that it’s dark and filthy, especially in solitary confinement. Prisoners also say they receive scanty food and inadequate medical care and mental health care. That’s even though the prison is designated to house Mississippi’s mentally ill prisoners. “The court finds there is sufficient evidence that defendants have failed to act in the face of actual or constructive knowledge that prisoners housed at EMCF were being denied humane conditions of confinement, including adequate food, shelter, medical and mental health care and safety,” Barbour wrote in his ruling. Read More. |
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