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A detainee who had been awaiting trial for 18 months died in the Hinds County Detention Center, officials revealed on Monday, Feb. 6.
Mississippi House Rep. Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, is sponsoring a bill to establish a court system with unelected judges and prosecutors to oversee Jackson’s Capitol district.
Disability Rights Mississippi agreed that the court could terminate the consent decree in the running of the Henley-Young-Patton Juvenile Detention Center in Hinds County after 10 years.
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