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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | Back issues
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Contempt

JACKSON, Miss. — In the Justice Department’s action seeking to end unconstitutional conditions in a detention center in Mississippi, a federal judge in the state held Hinds County and its Board of Supervisors in contempt of court for failing to address problems they had promised to fix.

Read the order here.

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