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Pandemic No ‘Excuse’ to Grant Prisoners Early Release, Mississippi Governor Says

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves rejecting calls from a bipartisan coalition of criminal-justice reform organizations to reduce the State’s prison population. If he does not, the New York-based FWD.us warned in a late April report, nearly every prisoner in State custody could have the virus by May’s end, and around 200 could die.

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Ashton Pittman May 8, 2020

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