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Lawsuit says Mississippi prisons are 'plagued by violence'

by Associated Press
| January 17, 2020 12:05 AM

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than two dozen Mississippi inmates sued the state Tuesday, saying understaffed prisons are “plagued by violence” and inmates are forced to live in decrepit and dangerous conditions.

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