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Status
  
open

Phone
  
+1 601-394-5600

Opened
  
1989

Security class
  
mixed

Capacity
  
3,204

Location
  
22689 Mississippi 63 Leakesville, Mississippi

Managed by
  
Mississippi Department of Corrections

Address
  
22689 Mississippi 63, Leakesville, MS 39451, USA

Hours
  
Closing soon · 6AM–10PMMonday6AM–10PMTuesday6AM–10PMWednesday6AM–10PMThursday6AM–10PMFriday6AM–10PMSaturday8AM–5PMSundayClosedSuggest an edit

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South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) is a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison for men located in unincorporated Greene County, near Leakesville. The facility has 360 acres (150 ha) of land.

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History

Dedication ceremonies were scheduled for April 1989, and the moving in of the first 25 inmates was scheduled to occur on April 17, 1989. The prison opened on April 13, 1990, with an initial capacity of 516 prisoners. It was designed by Dale and Associates. In 2001 the groundbreaking for a new chapel occurred.

Demographics

As of September 1, 2008, South Mississippi Correctional Institution, with a capacity of 3,204, had 3,106 prisoners, making up a total of 21.57% of people within the Mississippi Department of Corrections-operated prisons, county jails, and community work centers. Of the inmates at SMCI, all of whom are male, 2,088 are Black, 962 are White, 45 are Hispanic, nine are Asian, and two are Native American.

Operations

Some MDOC farming operations occur at SMCI.

References

South Mississippi Correctional Institution Wikipedia