More than three years after a federal judge ordered receivership to manage the Hinds County Detention Center and the county responded with a drawn-out legal pushpack, the receiver will finally take control of the jail next month.

U.S. District Court Judge Carlton Reeves ordered a receiver in July 2022 over conditions that led to seven deaths the year before. He appointed Wendell France Jr., a public safety consultant who worked as an assistant jail warden in Maryland.

France will take “operational control” Oct. 1 to fix ongoing unconstitutional conditions like understaffing and the state of facilities at the Raymond jail. He will remain in place no longer than necessary and transition operations and powers back to the county.

Reeves issued the order after the most recent court monitor r

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