Sources within the law enforcement community confirmed that the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility was transferred to Mississippi Today. It is not clear how many prisoners have been transferred and when they began. The governor and officials from the corrections department did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Phil Bryant’s office didn’t immediately respond to Wednesday morning’s requests for comment. CoreCivic, a Nashville-based company, currently owns and runs the prison in Tutwiler. CoreCivic spokeswoman, and referred any questions to the state department corrections. Editor’s Note: Since December 2001, Charles Overby, a Mississippi Today board member and donor, has been a CoreCivic board director. The Mississippi’s ailing corrections system has been under increased scrutiny since reports of violent fights between prisoners at multiple facilities (Parchman and South Mississippi Correctional Institution, Leakesville) have surfaced. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson and several civil rights groups have requested an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department into the prison system. The facility has been owned by CoreCivic since 2000. CoreCivic is the nation’s second largest correctional firm. The company has enjoyed success in recent years because President Donald Trump promised to be tough on crime, including immigration detention. In the summer 2018, federal immigration detainees were housed at the facility. CoreCivic, then CCA, lost its contract to run the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility with the state. The facility was opened for federal immigration detainees in the summer of 2018. MTC, a Utah-based private operator that operates state-owned facilities, was awarded the contract instead. CoreCivic donated to Bryant’s campaigns and his incoming successor, Lt. Governor. Recent elections saw Tate Reeves. Each campaign received $1,000 from CoreCivic in 2015. CoreCivic donated $1,000 to each campaign in 2015.