RAYMOND, Miss.—Mississippi’s largest county is no longer using a section of its jail that has been plagued by fights, escapes and other security problems.
Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said Monday that 200 inmates were transferred last week from Pod A at the Raymond Detention Center to the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, which is nearly 150 miles (241 kilometers) to the north and is run by the private prison company CoreCivic.
