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Coverage highlights inquiries into deaths in Mississippi jails, including directed probing of hanging deaths and alleged patterns of abuse or negligence. It also addresses conditions in juvenile detention centers, emphasizing overcrowding concerns and the Justice Department’s call for alternative sanctions, alongside specific local incidents and litigation over punitive food. 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The average daily Federal prison popula-  \ntion in 1992 was over 71,590,and the average  \ndaily population for 1993 is projected to be 75,320,  \nIn Lucasville………  \nrepresenting a 57.6 percent increase over 1989,  \nwhen the Federal prison population was only  \nOHIO INMATES HOLDING  \n47,800.  \nHOSTAGES; KILL ONE OFFICER  \nAt present, FPS is operating a 141 percent  \nof its designed capacity.  \nAs Corrections Digest prepares to go to  \npress, the state of Ohio has agreed to change or atleast review a number of prison rules that hostage-  \n\"A major objective of the Department is to  \nadequately address this prison population growth,\"  \nholding inmates have cited in their demands during  \na deadly standoff, inmates were told.  \nDOJ officials said.  \n\"These demands have been reviewed and  \nFPS will be activating over 4,600 new prison  \nsigned by the administration so we can end this in a  \nbeds during 1994 at Allenwood, Pa.; Florence,  \npeaceful manner,\" said the voice on the loudspeak-ers aimed at the inmates'barricaded cellblock. The  \nCo.; Miami,Fl.; Atlanta, Ga.; Fort Worth,Tx.;  \nand Ft.Dix,N.J. To staff the 2,800 new positions  \nspeaker was not identified.  \nat these facilities DOJ needs $100 million.  \nSee OHIO,page six)  \n## DOJ TO PROBE DEATHSIN MISSISSIPPI JAILS\n\nAttorney General Janet Reno has directedthe Justice Department's Civil Rights Divisionto \"get to the bottom of\"some four dozendeaths in Mississippi jails.  \n\"How could that many people die?\"asked Reno,who discussed the situation withJustice Department reporters April 13.  \nShe said the Civil Rights Division willprobe all 47 hanging deaths in the past six yearsto see \"whether there is any evidence of crimi-nal activity that should be further pursued.\"  \nIn addition,she said,the Division willtry to understand \"if there is any pattern to thistragic number of deaths to see what can bedone to prevent something like that.\"  \nThe situation came to national attentionwith last August's hanging death of 18-year-oldAndre Jones in the Simpson County,Miss.,Jail.Jones is the son of Jackson NAACPchapter President Esther Quinn.  \nLocal and Federal officials called theJones death a suicide,but an independent pa-thologist hired by his family concluded that itwas a homicide.  \nThe case called attention to the 47 hang-ing deaths in Mississippi jails over the last sixyears.  \nIt also prompted the U.S.Commissionon Civil Rights to call on Reno last month toinvestigate not only the Jones death but also\"what appears to be a pattern,to determinewhether there have been outrageous violationsof the constitutional rights of persons held incustody in Mississippi jails.\"  \nIf n","cbCaivE3O7hDqPWa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivE3O7hDqPWa","pdf",2883580,11,"English","# DOJ TO PROBE DEATHS IN MISSISSIPPI JAILS\n# COUNTY JAIL INMATES ISSUE OVER MEATLOAF\n# DOJ DECRIES CONDITIONS AT JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS","[{\"question\":\"What prompted the Justice Department’s investigation into Mississippi jail deaths?\",\"answer\":\"Attorney General Janet Reno directed the Civil Rights Division to examine numerous hanging deaths in Mississippi jails to determine whether there is evidence of criminal activity and whether any pattern exists to prevent future deaths.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the meatloaf dispute affect county jail inmates?\",\"answer\":\"Inmates in Vancouver, Washington sought a court order banning the use of “nutra-loaf” as punishment, arguing it is an unconstitutional form of baked punishment.\"},{\"question\":\"What concerns does the issue raise about juvenile detention centers?\",\"answer\":\"A DOJ report warns that overcrowding is widespread in juvenile detention centers and calls for alternatives to confinement, noting large population increases and substantial numbers of youths held in detention.\"}]","Vol.24 No.8 - April 21, 1993 - Prison Justice Department Roundup | PDF",1790695205,28]