Corrections head: Mississippi prison commissaries may close
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The head of the Mississippi prison system might halt the commissary program inside Mississippi prisons, saying it causes more problems than it solves.
Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher tells The Clarion-Ledger () from a security standpoint, commissary items have become an institutional bartering tool for the inmate gang population.
Fisher says this creates a greater danger for correctional officials. He says about 50 officers were assaulted this year.
Inmates are barred from receiving food, snacks, televisions and similar items from their families. Instead, they must purchase these items through the commissary inside each prison.
