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South Mississippi Correctional Institution
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South Mississippi Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Greene County, Mississippi. Rated capacity: 3,082. Reported population: 2,637. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) is a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison for men located in Leakesville, Mississippi. The facility has 360 acres (150 ha) of land.
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Capacity
3,082
Current population
2,637
Occupancy
86%
Year opened
1989
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1989
Region
Mississippi
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
The Department of Justice found that the facility was unable to adequately and quickly respond to fighting and significant injuries in multiple buildings, and conditions were found to violate the Constitution.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 1/30
- Structural flags
- 5/15
- Death signals
- 5/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · 1 oversight report in the last 5 years
- · Substantial documented known-issues record
- · Mass-event keyword in sources (riot / massacre / uprising)
This facility scores 11. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 9 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- propublica21 Apr 2022
tely unable to adequately and quickly respond to fighting and significant injuries in multiple buildings,” the report said. DOJ officials say their investigation of conditions at South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility is continuing. The DOJ is encouraging those with relevant information to contact it by
- propublica6 Feb 2020
sissippi prisons, a month after deadly riots led to prolonged lockdowns. Justice Department officials will look into conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl and the privately operated Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, run by Management & Training Corp. “The
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7567964)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). South Mississippi Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-mississippi-correctional-institution
"South Mississippi Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/south-mississippi-correctional-institution.
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