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Miss. correctional facility receives seal of approval

Passed American Correctional Association inspection

By Susan Parker
WTVA

CORINTH, Miss. — Alcorn County Sheriff Charles Rinehart has something to smile about. Weeks of work have paid off.

“They have put a lot into this. It’s been a lot of stress on them for the last two or three weeks getting ready for this,” Sheriff Rinehart said.

They’ve been getting ready for the American Correctional Association inspection.

ACA President and Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps says it’s so tough only a small percentage of correctional facilities in this country have earned their seal of approval.

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