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East Mississippi Correctional Facility is a prison for men located in unincorporated Lauderdale County, Mississippi, near Meridian. It was operated by the GEO Group on behalf of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). The GEO contract was subsequently given to Management and Training Corporation (MTC) of Utah after complaints of substandard medical treatment and squalor at the facility.〔"(Mississippi Corrections )." Management and Training Corporation. Retrieved on March 23, 2013.〕〔Erica Goode (June 7, 2014). (Seeing Squalor and Unconcern in a Mississippi Jail ). ''The New York Times.'' Retrieved 3 December 2014.〕 The East Mississippi Correctional Facility Authority authorizes the facility.〔"(Private Prisons )." Mississippi Department of Corrections. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.〕 East Mississippi is the state's main "special needs" facility,〔"(042.jpg )." Mississippi Department of Corrections. Retrieved on September 18, 2010.〕 housing prisoners with mental health issues.〔"(Former Local Prison Official Takes Over Mississippi Facility )." ''KWTX''. March 31, 2006. Retrieved on November 19, 2010.〕 The prison opened in April 1999.〔 In 2010 MDOC and the American Civil Liberties Union agreed to transfer mentally ill prisoners in Unit 32 of the Mississippi State Penitentiary to EMCF.〔"(ACLU Strikes Deal To Shutter Notorious Unit 32 At Mississippi State Penitentiary )." American Civil Liberties Union. June 4, 2010. Retrieved on July 19, 2010.〕 Civil rights advocates claim that conditions at the facility have not improved under MTC management,〔 and in 2013 the ACLU and the SPLC filed a lawsuit on behalf of the prisoners at EMCF〔Gabriel Eber (May 30, 2013). (NEW LAWSUIT: Massive Human Rights Violations at Mississippi Prison ). ACLU. Retrieved December 3, 2014.〕 which stated "prisoners live in barbaric and horrific conditions and their basic human rights are violated daily." Highlights include: :"rampant rapes. Placing prisoners in solitary confinement for weeks, months or even years at a time, where the only way to get a guard's attention in an emergency is to set a fire. Rat infestations so bad that vermin crawl over prisoners; sometimes, the rats are captured, put on leashes and sold as pets to the most severely mentally ill inmates. Many suicide attempts, some successful. The untreated mentally ill throw feces, scream, start fires, electrocute themselves and self-mutilate. Denying or delaying treatment for infections and even cancer. Stabbings, beatings and other acts of violence. Juveniles being housed with adults, including one 16-year-old who was sexually assaulted by his adult cell mate. Malnourishment and chronic hunger. Officers who deal with prisoners by using physical violence." Health care can be difficult or impossible for prisoners to access, with documented instances of prisoners who did not receive appropriate care for life-threatening conditions. In December 2014, an MSNBC news interview said that "the head of the prison system was allegedly collecting bribes for awarding contracts to the company running the prison for profit." ==See also== * Private prison 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Mississippi Correctional Facility」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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