East Mississippi Correctional Facility, Lauderdale County, Mississippi
March 1 – March 5, 2018 (Approximate)
Prisoners at a private prison run by the Management & Training Corp., launch a hunger strike in the lead-up to a trial in U.S. District court of a class-action lawsuit brought by the ACLU and the Southern Poverty Law Center on behalf of prisoners over inhumane conditions at the facility.
Citations:
“A Tour of East Mississippi Correctional Facility“, ACLU, no date.
Background:
“Inside a Private Prison: Blood, Suicide and Poorly Paid Guards,” New York Times, April 3, 2018.
“Dockery v. Epps: East Mississippi Correctional Facility Case,” Southern Poverty Law Center, no date.
