Auditor demands private prison company pay $7.4M to Mississippi, calls for AG to enforce

Teona Gherasim

A private prison company must pay $7.4 million to Mississippi for failing to maintain enough staff to ensure the safety of prisoners and prison employees, State Auditor Shad White said on Monday. The demand, which White said is among the largest civil demands in the history of his office, targets Management & Training Corporation, a Utah-based private prison operator that manages two prisons in Mississippi — East Mississippi Correctional Facility in Meridian and Wilkinson County Correctional

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