WDAM-TV Hattiesburg - Mon Jun 29

Five county jails cannot house state inmates until they make some improvements. Prisoners rights attorney Ron Welch, who monitors jails housing state inmates as part of a federal court order, inspects jails annually to determine if they will be approved to house state inmates.

The Clarion-Ledger - Mon Jun 29

At least five jails across the state have been prohibited from housing state inmates, and that could mean a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars as well as inmate labor for public projects, officials say.

The Clarion-Ledger - Sun Jun 28

A Leland animal shelter that gets support from a bingo operation in Indianola may see its funding reduced.