Governor Reeves announces new MDOC Commisioner

Burl cain may be new to Mississippi, but he is not new to the region.

MISSISSIPPI, BUT NOT NEW TO THEREGION...HE SPENT 40 YEARS WITH THELOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OFCORRECTIONS...GOVERNOR REEVES HOPES HE CANTURNAROUND A TROUBLED SYSTEM, THATINCLUDPARCHMAN PENITENTIARY... BURL CAIN IS A VETERANCORRECTIONS OFFICIAL...4 DECADES WORKING FOR THE STATEOFLOUISIANA...20 OF THOSE YEARS AS THE WARDENOF THELOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY ATANGOLA...NOW HE IS SET TO TAKE ONPARCHMANPENETENTIARY...IN 2020 ALONE...MORE THAN 2DOZEN INMATESHAVE DIED IN CUSTODY...ASSAULTS HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ONCAMERA..AS WELL AS DEPLORABLECONDITIONS...ALL OF THAT, BEFORE THE OUTBREAKOFCOVID-19...GOVERNOR REEVES CHOSE CAIN,SAYING HE'STHE BEST PERSON IN AMERICA TORUN MDOC,AFTER TURNING AROUND ANGOLA...THEY WENT FROM BEATINGS TO BIBLESTUDIES...HE TRANSFORMEDAMERICA'S BLOODIEST PRISONINOT THE MODEL OF SUCCESS FORTHE NATIONBUT WITH SUCCESS, CAMECONTROVERSY... BACK IN 2015,CAIN ABRUPTLY RESIGNEDFROM HIS JOB...A LOUISIANA STATE AUDITFOLLOWED, AND SHOWEDTHAT AMONG OTHER ALLEGATIONS,28-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PUBLIC MONEYWAS USTO PURCHASE APPLIANCES ANDHOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS FOR THEFORMER WARDEN'S HOME ON ANGOLA'SPRISON GROUNDS .I LOST MY JOB, I LOSTEVERYTHINGI HAD TO MOVE MY HOUSE, MOVEAWAY FROM ANGOLA, AND ILOST A JOB THAT I REALLY LOVED DO, AND I WOULD'VE DONE IT ABOUT4 OR 5 MORE YEARSCAIN'S ATTORNEY SAID AT THETIME, THAT MANY OFTHE AUDIT'S FINDINGS WERE QUOTE,"INERROR".AS BURL CAIN TURNS HIS ATTENTIONTOMISSISSIPPI, HE SAYS HIS JOBHERE IS ABOUTMORAL REHABILITATION..WE'RE GONNA REALLY FOCUS ONREENTRY, AND REALLY SKILLS ANDTRADE, SO THAT WHEN THEY ARERELEASED FROM PRISON THEY CANGET A JOB.

WE'RE GONNA HELP THEMFIND THE JOBSNSOMBI LAMEBRIGHT OF ONE VOICEMISSISSIPPIADVOCATES FOR PRISONERS SAYSSHE'SHAPPY SOMEONE HAS BEEN TAPPEDFOR THEJOB, BECAUSE SHE HAS GRAVECONCERNS ABOWHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED...IT IS GONNA TAKE SOMETING VERYTRANSFORMATIONA L TO IMPROVECONDITIONS IN OUR STATE'SPRISONS...EVEN REVOLUTIONARY UM,AT THIS POINT GOVERNOR REEVES SAYS THE HIRINGOFBURL CAIN IS ONE OF SEVERALSTEPS MADEOVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO MAKEIMPROVEMENTS TO MDOC...INCLUDINGCLOSING A DANGEROUS UNIT ATPARCHMAN, ANRAISES FOR PRISON OFFICERS...CAIN WILL FACE CONFIRMATION ASTHE STATE'S CORRECTIONSCOMMISSIONER IN THEMISSISSIPPI SENATE...TROY JOHNSON, 16 WAPT NEWS AT10... IN JUST A FEW HOURS CASINOS INVICKSBURG WILL R