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Tutwiler News

Local news for Tutwiler, MS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

May 16, 2008 | PacoVilla's CCPOA blog

CA Con checks out at Mississippi WallMart: Kelso checks into it.

“I'm told it was an asthma-related death”

CA Con checks out at Mississippi Wall Mart: Kelso checks into it. Click title or image to access Sack-B , AND . via PacoVilla's CCPOA blog

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Related Topix: Tallahatchie County, MS

Wed May 14, 2008

Natchez Democrat

Prison announces expansion

“We have seen a continued level of demand from our federal and state customers”

' Corrections Corporation of America has announced plans to expand its prison facility on U.S. 84 by an additional 564 beds. via Natchez Democrat

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Related Topix: Corrections Corporation of America, Security, Adams County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS

Tue May 06, 2008

Market Wire

Corrections Corporation of America Announces Expansion Plan at New...

“Although we currently do not have a management contract for the Adams County facility, CCA decided to move forward with increasing the design capacity based on anticipated demand from federal and state agencies.”

Corrections Corporation of America , the nation's largest provider of corrections management services to government agencies, announced today its intent to increase the total capacity of its Adams County ... via Market Wire

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Related Topix: Tallahatchie County, MS, Corrections Corporation of America, Security, Woodville, MS, Adams County, MS

Sun Mar 30, 2008

Bury with honor: Guard unit approaches mission with compassion, precision

“Let me show you what drives him crazy”

As each shot was fired, Sgt. Lazerick Gaither could feel it first in his spine, then in his gut. via The Clarion-Ledger

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Related Topix: West Point, MS, Clarksdale, MS, Hattiesburg Metro, Biloxi, MS, Biloxi Metro

Sun Mar 23, 2008

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Advocates: Alabama alone bars HIV inmates from work release

“If 49 other states can allow HIV positive prisoners”

Tutwiler prison inmate Kathryn Canty has all the qualities of a prime work release candidate. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

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Related Topix: Activism

Thu Mar 20, 2008

TMCnet

AT&T Expanding Wireless and Broadband Coverage in Mississippi; Plans...

“High-quality coverage and the ability to communicate wherever you are and however you want -- those are our goals”

AT&T , Inc., plans to invest more than $66 million in its Mississippi network to expand wireless coverage. via TMCnet

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Related Topix: Biloxi, MS, Gulfport, MS, Biloxi Metro, Wireless, Emerging Technology, Mississippi

Tue Mar 18, 2008

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Integration of Limestone HIV inmates stalling, timeline sought

There was celebration at Alabama's Limestone and Tutwiler prisons when it was announced that many programs would be opened to inmates with HIV. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

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Sun Feb 24, 2008

The Mississippi Press

Franklin-Browning wedding

Elizabeth Franklin and Timothy Browning Sr., both of Gautier, were married Feb. 16, 2008, at Calvary Baptist Church in Parchman. via The Mississippi Press

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Related Topix: Parchman, MS, Wedding, Gautier, MS

Fri Jan 25, 2008

Bolivar Commercial

Tutwiler receives sentence

Landry Barbieri BC Staff Writer Published January 24, 2008 4:08 PM CST Former Winstonville Mayor Milton Tutwiler was sentenced to 63 months in a federal prison by Judge Glen Davidson on Wednesday in Aberdeen. via Bolivar Commercial

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Related Topix: Winstonville, MS, Mound Bayou, MS

Mon Jan 14, 2008

The Clarion-Ledger

California to move 1,300 more inmates to prison in Tutwiler

“We haven't heard of any problems.”

More than 1,300 California prisoners already are in a private prison in Mississippi. via The Clarion-Ledger

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Related Topix: Tallahatchie County, MS, Swan-Lake, MS

Thu Nov 01, 2007

Hattiesburg American

We need to address gang problem in state

The shootings in Columbia that left two people dead were gang-related, police and community residents say. via Hattiesburg American

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Related Topix: Columbia, MS, Mississippi, Tallahatchie County, MS, Jonestown, MS

Wed Oct 31, 2007

WLOX-TV Biloxi

Commissioner: HIV inmates to get more contact with other inmates

Corrections Commissioner Richard Allen says HIV-positive inmates will be allowed more contact with the general prison population. via WLOX-TV Biloxi

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Mon Oct 29, 2007

USA Today

Law cracks down on Chicago-Miss. Delta pipeline of crime

“We found out that we really did have a gang problem”

Michael James sits at the edge of an abandoned railroad track in this cotton town of 1,300 and trades sips of cheap vodka with friends. via USA Today

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Related Topix: Friars Point, MS, Jonestown, MS, Coahoma County, MS

Tue Oct 23, 2007

Bolivar Commercial

Despite rain, residents cast votes

“I don't think (the rain) will effect us.”

Landry Barbieri BC Staff Writer Published October 23, 2007 3:04 PM CDT WINSTONVILLE - People here were up bright and early this morning to cast votes to fill both a mayoral and a board of alderman position. via Bolivar Commercial

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Related Topix: Winstonville, MS

Sun Oct 14, 2007

Southeast Missourian

Adams-Deck

Mandy Adams of Blaine, Miss., and Barry Adams of Tutwiler, Miss., announce the engagement of their daughter, Jane Claire Adams, to Derek Lynn Deck. via Southeast Missourian

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Related Topix: Tillatoba, MS, Grenada, MS

Sat Oct 06, 2007

NowPublic

Emmett Till Apology: Prelude to Tourism

“They slaughtered this boy and now they want to come back and raise money off the death of that child --- God forbid”

During the summer of 1955, on August 20th, Mamie Till rushed her son, Emmett Till, a 14 year old boy, to the train station in Chicago, Illinois for a trip to visit with his family in Money, Mississippi. via NowPublic

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Related Topix: Money, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Mississippi

Thu Oct 04, 2007

Greenwood Commonwealth

Minor says those who took signs will pay

“We're not getting daily maintenance on our highways”

Those responsible for the thefts of the Emmett Till marker on Highway 49 and the Robert Johnson Blues Trail Marker on Money Road will be brought to justice if caught, the district's transportation commissioner ... via Greenwood Commonwealth

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Related Topix: Leflore County, MS

Tue Oct 02, 2007

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Decades later, an apology

“I'm really curious what affect this will have, if any”

The courthouse square is now more courthouse than commercial square. Only a handful of storefronts in this tidy Delta town of about 400 are occupied --- two pharmacies, three lawyers' offices, no place to eat. via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Related Topix: Tallahatchie County, MS

Sun Sep 30, 2007

Times-Picayune

Murder of black teen still haunts Miss. town

“Just the fact of having a group of black people and a group of white people who are meeting on a regular basis and talking with one another and planning on doing something together is totally unheard of here”

On Tuesday, Betty Pearson, 85, daughter and wife of Delta planters, will stand in front of the worn-down courthouse where for five days 52 years ago, with mounting fury, she witnessed the trial and acquittal of ... via Times-Picayune

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Related Topix: Tallahatchie County, MS

Thu Sep 27, 2007

Bolivar Commercial

Tutwiler files extended deadline motion in federal court Tuesday

“If the court does not deem that an upward departure is warranted, then the government requests the court to consider a sentence at or near the high end of the sentencing guideline range.”

Landry Barbieri BC Staff Writer Published September 27, 2007 2:35 PM CDT The sentencing of former Winstonville Mayor Milton Tutwiler will continue to be at a stand still due to a motion filed on Sept. via Bolivar Commercial

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Related Topix: Winstonville, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Mound Bayou, MS

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