There are six state prisons in Mississippi. Scroll below for information on each facility:
- Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- South Mississippi Correctional Institution
- Marshall County Correctional Facility
- Walnut Grove Correctional Facility
- Delta Correctional Facility
Central Mississippi Correctional Facility
Mail: Post Office Box 88550
Location: 3794 Highway 468
Pearl, MS 39208
(601) 932-2880
Superintendent's Fax (601) 664-0782
Records Dept. Fax (601) 932-9077
Derrick Chambers, Superintendent
The Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) was established in 1986 and built on 171 acres in Pearl in Rankin County. The facility was expanded in 1996 and now includes 18 housing units and 10 support buildings to accommodate its current capacity of 4,131 offenders. CMCF is the first stop for individuals sentenced to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). It provides initial orientation and classification.
CMCF is authorized to have 702 full-time positions, two part-time and seven time-limited, full time.
Of the three State Prisons, CMCF is the only facility to house female offenders and youthful offenders. Its population consists of both male and female offenders of all custody levels (minimum, medium, and close) to include female offenders sentenced to death.
Youthful offenders are housed in a separate facility. The Youthful Offender Unit (YOU) opened on Dec. 12, 2012, as a separate, independent facility to serve individuals under the age of 18. It offers a wide range of programs to include academic classes, vocational programs, mental health counseling, psychological and psychiatric services in a group and individual basis, alcohol and drug treatment, social services, religious and recreational services.
Mississippi Prison Industries Corp. (MPIC) operates a commercial print shop; a Johnson & Johnson Clean Room, which provides cleaning and sterilization of suture spools for its suture manufacturing operations: and a metal fabrication shop at CMCF.
| AREA |
WARDEN/DEPUTY WARDENS |
UNIT |
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Area I
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Denise Bone, Deputy Warden
Katrina Cooper-Robinson, Associate Warden Carrie Williams, Major Duntae Baker, Captain |
1A Yard, Max, Female Family House, Post Office, Laundry and Central Kitchen.
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| Area II |
Latoya Anderson, Superintendent
Valerie Buie, Deputy Warden
Tracey Gardner, Associate Warden |
Magnolia Women's Complex (720)
A Building, B Building, C Building, and Max Cells
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Area III
Area IV |
Jamarius Sparks, Deputy Warden
Katrina Cooper-Robinson, Associate Warden Manisa Ragsdale, Major Duntae Baker, Captain
Christopher Dykes, Warden
Katrina Reid, Deputy Warden
Katrina Cooper-Robinson, Associate Warden
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Reception & Classification (R & C), F & G Buildings
Admissions Unit, Female A Building, Male B & C Buildings |
| CMCF YOU |
Shaniece Mabry, Warden
Babatunde Amao, Major |
Y.O.U. Unit (Youthful Offender Unit) |
| Support Services/Special Operations |
Bradford Chisholm, Deputy Superintendent Cedric Smith, Deputy Warden
Erick Morris, K9 Major |
Roving Unit Gates I & II, K9, ERT, Key & Tool Control, NCIC, Grounds Upkeep |
Programs/services offered at CMCF include:
- Alcohol & Drug Treatment
- AA/NA
- Adult Basic Education
- Inmate Legal Assistance Program
- Pre-Release
- Religious Services
- Kairos Prison Ministry
- Bible Study
- Therapeutic Recreational Programs
- Veterans Program
- Prison-to-College Pipeline Program
- Recidivism Reduction Program
- Academic & Vocational Programming
- Library Services
- Barbering & Cosmetology Services
- Family Dynamics Class
- Business Technology
- Apparel & Textile
- Mentoring and Tutoring
- Life Skills & Anger Management
- 1A Mental Health Program
- Art Therapy/Expressions
- Dance to be Free
- In 2 Work Food Service Program
- Prison Industry
- Lifers/Extended Sentences Program
- Gardening & Landscaping
- Family Visitation
- Moral Reconation Therapy
- Peaceful Solutions
- Getting Ahead While Getting Out
- Pre-Release
- Typing I and Typing II
- Crochet
Mississippi State Penitentiary
Mail: Post Office Box 1057
Location: Highway 49 West
Parchman, MS 38738
(662) 745-6611
Superintendent’s Fax (662) 745-8912
Records Department Fax (662) 745-6305
Marc McClure, Superintendent
The Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) is the state’s oldest Institution, opening in 1901. It is located on approximately 18,000 acres at Parchman in Sunflower County. It has 2,542 beds, 52 support buildings and seven different housing units, ranging in size from 56 beds at Unit 42, which is the hospital, to 856 beds at Unit 30.
MSP houses all male offenders who are classified as protective custody, close custody, restrictive housing, extended restrictive housing, and death row.
The custody levels are minimum, medium, and close.
MSP offenders provide more than 100,000 hours of free offender labor each year to adjacent municipalities and counties, as well as assisting other state agencies.
Parchman holds a unique place in the prison system for reasons other than its age. MSP is also home to Mississippi Prison Industries Corp. (MPIC)'s work program for its textile and metal fabrication.
The majority of the farming activity involving Mississippi Prison Agricultural Enterprises (MPAE) takes place at MSP. MPAE supplies food to Parchman and the other two state institutions, 10 community work centers and four restitution centers.
Additionally, unlike the other two state prisons, MSP has its own hospital. Health care is contracted through VitalCore Health Strategies, which provides medical services twenty-four hours a day. The hospital is a licensed, full-service facility.
MSP is divided into three (3) separate areas:
Jonathan "Matt" Reynolds Deputy Superintendent
| AREA |
WARDENS, DEPUTY WARDENS & ASSOCIATE WARDENS |
UNITS |
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Area I |
Tracy McDonald, Warden
Kenny Scott, Deputy Warden
Markisha Fipps, Associate Warden |
Unit 29, (Division One house MPIC workers, Faith Based Initiative (FBI), Field Operation workers) & (Division Two house, High Risk Initiative Program, Extended Restrictive Housing, Protective Custody, Close Custody, Death Row, and Restrictive Housing
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| Area II |
Lee R. Simon, Warden
Dakota White, Deputy Warden
Blendean Washington, Associate Warden |
Unit 25 Pre-Release & Processing, Unit 26 Agriculture, MPIC, Processing & Institution Workers, Unit 28 MPIC & Processing Unit 30 Drug & Alcohol Programs & Vocational School, Unit 31 Disability Offenders and Unit 42 hospital for all MDOC offenders |
Administrative & Support
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Sequcia Wren, Deputy Warden
Major Derrick Sanders, K-9 and ERT
Major Ulysses Cates, MSP Armory and Firing Range |
Transportation, Emergency Operation Center, Visitation, Post Office, Central Laundry, Front Vocational School, MPIC, K-9, ACA, Fire Department, Recreation |
Programs offered at MSP include:
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Religious Programs
- Independent Study and Tutorial Programs
- Pre-Release
- Faith Based Program
- Alcohol & Drug Program
- ABE/GED Programs
- Administrative Remedy Program(ARP)
- PACT
- Vocational Skills:
- Agri-Business
- Auto Body & Fender
- Auto Mechanics
- Carpentry
- Diesel Mechanics
- Communications Systems Installer
- Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration
- Industrial Electricity
- Marine Maintenance
- Welding
- Culinary Arts
Other special features of Parchman are the execution chamber and the pauper's cemetery. All offender executions are carried out at Unit 17 by lethal injection. Inmates whose families cannot afford to bury them or those who do not have family members to claim their remains are buried on two acres. Records show that the first burial was in 1930.
Click Here for a full list of all inmates buried at the cemetery.
South Mississippi Correctional Institution
Mail: Post Office Box 1419
Location: 22689 Highway 63 North
Leakesville, MS 39451
(601) 394-5600
Superintendent's Fax (601) 394-4451
Records Dept. Fax (601) 394-4897
Brand Huffman, Superintendent
The South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI), established in 1989, is the newest state prison in Mississippi. SMCI sits on 360 acres at Leakesville in Greene County. It has 16 housing units and a maximum 3,082 beds. Men classified as minimum and medium are housed there as well as those in protective custody and long-term segregation.
The prison is authorized to have 404 full-time permanent positions and four full-time, time -limited positions.
SMCI provides free inmate labor to Greene County and adjacent municipalities and assists other state agencies. Inmates are assigned to the Greene County Road Crew and a mobile work crew.
Inmates also can work in the blueberry operations. The orchard was started at the prison in 2006 as a way to address inmate idleness and to teach inmates a trade skill in the blueberry industry. The blueberries help reduce food cost and serve as a healthier menu option.
| AREA |
WARDENS/DEPUTY WARDEN |
UNITS |
| SMCI I & III |
Floyd Spotts, Warden
Timothy Barnes, Deputy Warden
Malinda Hayes, Associate Warden |
Lockdown (Unit 7-A Zone Protective Custody, Unit 7-B Zone High Risk Incentive Tier), Bldg. 8, Bldg. 9, 10, 11, 12 is GP, Vo Tech, Law Library, MPIC, Academic and Vocational School, Fire Team Maintenance. Area III includes General Population. |
| SMCI II |
James Wilkins, Warden
Ronnie Lampley, Deputy Warden
Acquanita Taylor, Interim Associate Warden |
Buildings A, B, C, D, E (A&D Program offenders and Pre-Release Program/Thinking For a Change), MSU Lockdown, Law Library, Central Kitchen, and South Mississippi Medical Services.
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| Central Security |
Michael McLendon, Chief of Security
Jennifer Jones, Deputy Warden |
Central Security, Emergency Response Team, Common Labor, Transportation, Post Office, Laundry, Recreation Departments, Armory, Security and Escort Unit, Inmate Locator. |
Programs offered include:
- Adult Basic Education
- Alcohol & Drug
- Religious Programs
- Vocational Programs
- Inmate Legal Assistance
- Pre-Release
- Therapeutic Recreation
The SMCI Education Department offers both Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED). Students have access to a full-time counselor.
The Alcohol and Drug Program is both short term (12 weeks) and long term (six months) with individual and group counseling for treating alcohol and drug addictions. Other than alcohol and drug education, the classes and groups cover relapse prevention, coping skills, life skills/re-entry and post release, interview skills, anger and stress management, depression management, anxiety management, communication, and relationship skills. Upon successful completion, offenders are awarded a certificate. Services also are provided for community work center offenders and those in SMCI administrative segregation and protective custody units.
The Chaplains Department is primarily responsible for all religious activities at SMCI. There are regularly scheduled religious programs including Christian worship, weekly Jumah Prayer, communion, and mass. Many Bible classes are offered whereby the inmates may study together. The inmates in Area I meet in the Chapel built by inmate labor and monies donated by individuals outside of the institution. In addition, the department has a pastoral and crisis ministry which includes spiritual guidance counseling during a crisis or grieving period. Chaplains also provide marriage counseling and coordinate the marriage process of those incarcerated. Additionally, this department is responsible for interviewing, training, and supervising volunteers.
The Vocational Technical Department offers five programs that will enable offenders to become productive citizens when they are released. The programs are auto body, auto mechanics, electrical, plumbing and pipefitting, and welding. The length of each program is approximately 1,300 hours to 2,650 hours. GED classes and tutoring are available in night classes.
In addition to the vocational programs, offenders can obtain employment skills through Mississippi Prison Industries Corp.’s clothing manufacture operations at the prison. Items manufactured include work shirts, T-shirts, thermal underwear, gym shorts, BDU pants and BDU jackets. In addition to inmate uniforms, officer uniform shirts also are produced for the state and other agencies.
SMCI, through the state’s contracted healthcare vendor, Centurion, LLC provides onsite medical services to its offenders and those at the regional facilities in south Mississippi. These onsite services include, but are not limited to, emergency care, infirmary care, dental, optometry, clinical, and pharmaceutical services. In additional, specialty care services are available through a network of off-site contracted hospitals and specialty care providers.
Marshall county correctional facility
Mailing Address: Post Office Box 5188, Holly Springs, MS 38634
Physical Location: 833 West St., Holly Springs, MS 38635
(662) 252-7111
Chris Loden, Warden
The Marshall County Correctional Facility opened in June 1996 and is located on 42 acres with 17 acres fenced in. The authorized capacity is 1,000 beds for medium custody adult male inmates. The facility was previously under the operation of Management Training Corporation (MTC) since Aug. 13, 2012. The facility transitioned to state control on Sept. 13, 2021.
The facility received accreditation from the American Correctional Association in January 1998. The facility was re-accredited in June 2000, September 2003, January 2007, January 2010, and March 2014.
Programs offered include:
- Adult Basic Education (through GED)
- Vocational Education
- Culinary Arts
- Horticulture
- Comupters
- A&D Programs (6 months - long term; 9 weeks short term)
- Adjustment Skills/Orientation
- Life Skills/Pre-Release
- Bible Education
- 8 Educational Club Programs
Walnut grove cORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Mail: Post Office Box 389, Walnut Grove, MS 39189
Location: 1650 MS Highway 492, Walnut Grove, MS 39189
(601) 253-0700
Brady Sistrunk, Warden
Walnut Grove Correctional Facility was established in 1990 and sits on 72 acres and has an additional 27 acres not connected to the main facility grounds. Walnut Grove is a small town in southern Leake County with a population of 1,675.
From 1996 until 2016, the facility was operated by privately owned companies. From 1996 until 2012, the facility's mission was to house youthful offenders. The facility's mission changed in 2012 when adult offenders were assigned to the location. The state closed the facility in 2016.
The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) re-opened the facility in November 2021 and houses a capacity of 1,496 inmates. The facility offers re-entry programs in addition to alcohol and drug rehabilitation, vocational training, and security threat group management.
DELTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Location: 3800 Baldwin Road CR 840
Greenwood, MS 38930
(662) 455-7277 office
(662) 455-7300
Frank Stockett, Warden
The Delta Correctional Facility had previously been closed for a number of years until the Mississippi Department of Corrections took ownership. Under MDOC's initial control, the facility was supervised by the Community Corrections division and served as a Technical Violation Center, a Community Work Center, and a Restitution Center.
In 2022, the facility was transferred to the Institutions division and is now designated as a major state facility. The facility houses approximately 300 female inmates. The facility is now primarily aimed at the rehabilitation and workforce development for adult female inmates. Programs are being developed and plans include, but not limited to, offering Alcohol and Drug Counseling and GED educational programs.
Staff:
Shatoby Perry, Commander-Major
Earnest King, Commander-Major