Adams County Correctional Center

Adams County Correctional Center is a prison for men located at 20 Hobo Fork Road, in unincorporated Adams County, Mississippi, near Natchez, It is owned and operated by the Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons.The facility has a capacity of 2567 inmates. Most of its prisoners are illegal immigrants charged with re-entering the United States after a deportation. CCA has owned the prison since 2007; the facility did not open until late in 2009.According to an FBI affidavit dated to 2012, the majority of those incarcerated were Mexican nationals. The largest group of prisoners were the Paisas.HistoryIn May 2012 a riot at the facility claimed the life of Corrections Officer Catlin Hugh Carithers and left sixteen other staff members and three prisoners injured. Twenty-five employees were held hostage during the disturbance, which was ultimately quelled by facility staff with assistance from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. According to a company statement, the fatality was the second time an employee had "lost his life to inmate assault."A federal court affidavit filed by the FBI claims the riots were triggered by protests against the abysmal food and medical care provided at the facility. In January 2017, the last of 23 prisoners who were tried for organizing the May 2010 riot was sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison.