MDOC News Releases 2002

MDOC 2002 News Releases
MDOC Prison Employees Recognized for Outstanding Service	12/20/02
Inmate Dies at Mississippi State Penitentiary Hospital	12/19/02
State Inmate Walks Away from Work Detail	12/17/02
Seven MDOC Employees receive certificates at Mississippi State Personnel Board sponsored CPM Graduation held in Jackson	12/13/02
Crime Victim Notification Information Available in Spanish	12/13/02
Mississippi Coalition for Survivors of Homicide Victims Receives Grant Award	12/13/02
MDOC Announces Promotions of Veteran Employees	12/13/02
Simpson and Forrest County Community Work Centers Receive American Correctional Association (ACA) Recommendation	12/12/02
Ron King named new superintendent at South Mississippi Correctional Institution	12/02/02
Emmitt Sparkman Named Deputy Commissioner of Institutions for Mississippi Department of Corrections	12/02/02
Mississippi State Penitentiary Given Nod of Approval by American Correctional Association (ACA) Audit Team	11/22/02
MDOC Community Corrections Division and Central Office Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	11/20/02
Community Work Center Inmate Captured	11/20/02
Twenty-four Prison Employees Recognized for Outstanding Service	11/20/02
State Inmate Escapes from Pike Satellite Facility	11/16/02
Mississippi Department of Corrections Announces Two New Appointments	11/15/02
Washington and LeFlore County Community Work Centers Receive American Correctional Association (ACA) Recommendation	11/15/02
Two appointments announced by the Mississippi Department of Corrections	11/06/02
George County Community Work Center and Pascagoula Restitution Center Receive American Correctional Association (ACA) Recommendation	10/17/02
State Inmate on Intensive Supervision Program Dies	10/16/02
George County CWC Inmate Apprehended	10/15/02
State Inmate Doesn't Return from Pass	10/15/02
MDOC Commissioner Appoints First Female Deputy Commissioner	10/10/02
State Inmate Escapee Apprehended in Early Morning Raid	10/10/02
Madison and Yazoo County Community Work Centers Receive American Correctional Association (ACA) Recommendation	10/10/02
MDOC To Hold Interview and Screening Day October 17, 2002	10/09/02
Inmate Dies at Gulfport Memorial Hospital	10/09/02
State Receives $12.6 Million in Free Labor from MDOC Community Work Center Inmates Region 3 (Forrest, George, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Pike and Wilkinson Counties)	10/08/02
State Receives $12.6 Million in Free Labor from MDOC Community Work Center Inmates Region 2 (Madison, Noxubee, Rankin, Simpson and Yazoo Counties)	10/08/02
State Receives $12.6 Million in Free Labor from MDOC Community Work Center Inmates Region 1 (Alcorn, Bolivar, LeFlore, Quitman and Washington Counties)	10/08/02
Mississippi Prison Work Crews Provide Valuable Free Public Service Labor	10/08/02
Three Visitors at Mississippi State Penitentiary Arrested Sunday and charged with Introduction of Contraband and with Conspiracy to Introduce Contraband (marijuana) onto Prison Grounds	10/07/02
Ken North Named as Director of the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ Internal Audit Division	10/02/02
Nine State Prison Employees Recognized for Outstanding Service	09/20/02
MDOC Employee Arrested at South Mississippi Correctional Institution Charged with Extortion, Conspiracy to Introduce Contraband into Prison, and Possession of Marijuana	09/16/02
Deaths of Two Inmates Announced by MDOC	09/13/02
Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Completes American Correctional Association (ACA) Audit	09/11/02
Inmate Dies at UMC	09/09/02
Jacqueline R. Parker Selected to Head State Prison System’s Treatment Programs Division	09/06/02
MDOC Announces Two Inmate Deaths	09/04/02
MDOC Community Corrections Division and Central Office Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	08/28/02
Thirteen State Prison Employees Recognized for Outstanding Service	08/28/02
South Mississippi Correctional Institution Receives Official American Correctional Association (ACA) Accreditation Award	08/27/02
MDOC K-9 Officer in Good Condition Following Shooting	08/18/02
MDOC Announces Two Inmate Death	08/15/02
MDOC Commissioner Leaving Agency	08/12/02
MSP Superintendent Emmitt Sparkman Named Top Warden for North America and Canada	08/05/02
State Inmate Dies at Mississippi State Penitentiary Hospital	08/02/02
MDOC Commissioner Calls Lawsuit Frivolous And Will Ask For Sanctions	07/31/02
MDOC Negotiates With Private Prisons To Maximize Agency’s Bed Space Needs	07/26/02
MDOC Community Corrections Division and Central Office Employees Receive Employee Recognition and Service Awards	07/25/02
102 MDOC prison employees receive employee recognition and service awards during June	07/25/02
July 17, 2002 Scheduled Execution of Tracy Hansen 4:00 p.m. News Briefing	07/17/02
July 17, 2002 Scheduled Execution of Tracy Hansen 2:00 p.m. News Briefing	07/17/02
July 17, 2002 Scheduled Execution of Tracy Hansen 11:00 A.M. News Briefing	07/17/02
State Inmate Dies at Mississippi State Penitentiary	07/12/02
Media Witnesses Selected for July 17 Execution	07/09/02
State Inmate Dies at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility	07/01/02
Mississippi Department of Corrections Notifies Private Prisons of Contract Terminations Due to Lack of Funding	07/01/02
Mississippi Parole Board and Mississippi Department of Corrections Websites	07/01/02
MDOC Arrests Correctional Officer for Illegal Drugs	07/01/02
Inmate Dies at University Medical Center	06/24/02
MDOC Arrests Two Correctional Officers for Illegal Drugs and Contraband	06/21/02
MDOC Community Services Division and Central Office Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	06/20/02
Nineteen MDOC prison employees receive employee recognition awards during May	06/20/02
State Inmate Dies at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility	06/14/02
Inmate Dies at University Medical Center	06/14/02
State Inmate Dies at University Medical Center	06/06/02
State Inmate Dies at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center	06/06/02
Inmate Dies at University Medical Center	05/23/02
South Mississippi Correctional Institution Completes American Correctional Association (ACA) Audit	05/22/02
MDOC Commissioner Responds to Grassroots Leadership Report on Private Prisons in Mississippi	05/20/02
Jessie Streeter Named New Warden Over Unit 32 At Mississippi State Penitentiary	05/14/02
MDOC Begins Sending State Inmates to New Regional Facility	05/13/02
Governor Musgrove Proclaims May 5 - 11, 2002 at Correctional Employee Week.	05/08/02
MDOC Honors Five Who Gave Ultimate Sacrifice	05/06/02
MDOC to honor officers who made Ultimate Sacrifice	05/02/02
Secretary of State Eric Clark salutes Project Catch Graduates	04/25/02
Secretary of State Eric Clark to give Keynote Address at SMCI Project Catch Graduation on April 25, 2002	04/22/02
State inmate dies of natural causes	04/21/01
30 Officer Cadets are slated to graduate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility on April 19, 2002	04/19/02
Ten South Mississippi Correctional Institution Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	04/17/02
State Fire Marshall's office investigating building fire at MSP	04/16/02
MDOC evaluating Medical Service Contract	04/16/02
Six Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Awards	04/04/02
Sate inmate dies of natural causes ate Mississippi State Penitentiary	04/04/02
Fourteen Mississippi State Penitentiary Employees Receive Outstanding Recognition Awards	04/03/02
State inmate dies of natural causes at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility	03/26/02
MDOC recognizes Mississippi State Penitentiary Officer as Employee of the Year	03/20/02
Appointment of new wardens announced at South Mississippi Correctional Institution	03/15/02
Three South Mississippi Correctional Institution Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	03/12/02
Community work center inmates to assist authorities develop temporary levee at Tutwiler	03/08/02
Five Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	03/07/02
Six MDOC Mississippi State Penitentiary Employees Receive Outstanding Employee Recognition Awards	03/05/02
State inmate Rainford Houston dies of natural causes at Mississippi State Penitentiary	03/05/02
State inmate Aubrey Turner dies of natural causes at Greenwood Leflore hospital	03/05/02
Sate inmate Clyde McCalnahan dies of natural causes at Mississippi State Penitentiary	03/05/02
State inmate Charles E. Jones dies of natural causes at Mississippi State Penitentiary hospital	03/01/02
State inmate Raiford Huston dies of natural causes at Mississippi Causes at Mississippi State Penitentiary	02/25/02
MDOC Central Office Employee Receives Award	02/14/02
Four South Mississippi Correctional Institution Employees Receive Employee Recognition Award	02/12/02
Seven MDOC Mississippi State Penitentiary Employees Receive Outstanding Employee Recognition Awards	02/07/02
MDOC Region I Community Services Division Employees Receive Awards	02/07/02
Two Region II MDOC Community Services Division Employees Receive Employee Recognition Awards	02/05/02
State inmate Aubrey Turner dies of natural causes at Greenwood Leflore Hospital	01/25/02
State Inmate Ervin Andrew Yarbrough Dies at University Medical Center	01/25/02
Corrections Officials Report Progress On Agency Wide Accreditation Efforts	01/23/02
Eleven MDOC Mississippi State Penitentiary Employees Receive Outstanding Employee Recognition Awards	01/18/02
MDOC Region I Community Services Division Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Awards	01/18/02
MDOC Central Office Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Awards	01/16/02
Four South Mississippi Correctional Institution Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Awards	01/15/02
MDOC Region III Community Services Division Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Awards	01/15/02
MDOC Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Awards	01/14/02
MDOC Region II Community Services Division Employees Receive Employee Recognition/Service Award	01/14/02
State Inmate at Winston-Choctaw County Correctional Facility Dies	01/10/02
Community Services Division Employee Receives Employee Recognition Award Before Leaving for Military Duty	01/08/02
MDOC Reduces Budget Deficit and Inmate Costs	01/07/02