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JACKSON – Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Pelicia E. Hall today announces a new leader at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) in Leakesville.
SMCI Deputy Warden Joe Errington has been appointed acting superintendent effective today.
Errington, 60, has spent his entire career with the MDOC at SMCI, starting as a correctional officer in March 1989. He has held several leadership positions over the years.
SMCI is the newest of the three state prisons. With 3,042 inmates today, it also has the fewest inmates of the three institutions. It can hold up to 3,082 inmates.







