By Jimmie E. Gates
Clarion-Ledger
JACKSON, Miss. — A drop in the state prison population has resulted in the Mississippi Department of Corrections saving $1.4 million at a private prison for fiscal 2015, according to MDOC officials.
MDOC has amended its current contract with Management & Training Corp. (MTC) for operating Walnut Grove Correctional Facility in Leake County primarily because of the declining inmate population. The change also helps to ensure the agency stays in compliance with a federal consent decree.
The number of state inmates at the private prison has been reduced from 1,300 to 962.
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