Tutwiler News

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

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

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

“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

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

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

“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

“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

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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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