East Mississippi Correctional Facility

Background

East Mississippi Correctional Facility is a men's prison located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Mississippi, near Meridian. It is about 90 miles east of the capital, Jackson. Opened in 1999, the special needs prison is intended to provide a high level of care for up to 1500 prisoners with serious mental illness, at all custody levels. Since the prison opened, it has been one of six prisons in the state operated under contract to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) by three successive for-profit companies. EMCF was first operated by Cornell Companies, which was acquired by the GEO Group in 2010.

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World Prisons. (2026). East Mississippi Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/east-mississippi-correctional-facility

"East Mississippi Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/east-mississippi-correctional-facility.

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  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {East Mississippi Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/east-mississippi-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-07-21}
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