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Federal Correctional Complex, Yazoo City
The Federal Correctional Complex, Yazoo City (FCC Yazoo City) is a United States federal prison complex for male offenders in unincorporated Yazoo County, Mississippi. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice and is located north of Jackson, Mississippi. It consists of: * Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City Low (FCI Yazoo City Low): a low-security facility with an adjacent satellite prison camp houses for minimum-security offenders. * Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City Medium (FCI Yazoo City Medium): a medium-security facility, with an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security offenders. * United States Penitentiary, Yazoo City (USP Yazoo City): a high-security facility. FCC Yazoo City is located 36 miles north of Jackson, Mississippi, the state capital. Notable incidents In 2008, a joint investigation conducted by the Bureau of Prisons Office of Inspector General and the Department of Jus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yazoo County, Mississippi
Yazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,065. The county seat is Yazoo City. It is named for the Yazoo River, which forms its western border. Its name is said to come from a Choctaw language word meaning "River of Death." History The area which is now Yazoo County was acquired by the State of Mississippi from the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Yazoo County was established on January 21, 1823. It was the 19th county established in the State of Mississippi, and remains the largest in area. It was developed for cotton plantations, and the first had access to the major river. The first county seat was at Beatties Bluff. In 1829, the county seat was moved to Benton. In 1849 the county seat was moved again, to Yazoo City, where it remains. Yazoo County was a battlefield in 1863 and 1864 during the American Civil War. After the war, there was violence of whites against freedmen. Such violence continued after Reconstruct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FCI Forrest City
The Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City (FCI Forrest City) is a United States federal prison for male inmates in Arkansas. It is part of the Forrest City Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Forrest City) and is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. FCC Forrest City is located in eastern Arkansas, 85 miles east of Little Rock and 45 miles west of Memphis, Tennessee. The complex consists of four facilities: * Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City Low (FCI Forrest City Low): a low-security facility. * Federal Correctional Institution, Forrest City Medium (FCI Forrest City Medium): a medium-security facility * A satellite prison camp adjacent to the facility houses minimum-security male offenders. The facility is named for the town of Forrest City, Arkansas, itself named for Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Facility and programs FCI Forrest City opened in April 1997. Inmates are housed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans Police
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has primary responsibility for law enforcement in New Orleans, Louisiana. The department's jurisdiction covers all of Orleans Parish, Louisiana, Orleans Parish, while the city is divided into eight police districts. The NOPD has a long history of civil rights violations, corruption and poor oversight. Since 2012, the NOPD has been in a federal consent decree where it has to implement sweeping reforms to address a wide array of structural problems identified by the U.S. Department of Justice in a 2011 report. History After New Orleans was founded by French colonists in 1718, the policing of the city was done by military forces. These were alternating French, Spanish and French under differing governmental rule. The formation of the New Orleans Police Department was first recorded in 1796, during the administration of Baron Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet. The account said, "Crime had reached such proportions by the mid-1790s that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
