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ME 2/13/20 - Correction Committees Meet | New Emergency Response Technology | Book Club: Stay Woke
Corrections Committees in both chambers search for solutions to the prison crisis. And, Mississippi Prison Industries offers inmates opportunities to work.
Then, MEMA brings new technology to the 911 system.
Plus, in today’s Book Club – “Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter."
Segment 1:
Prison renovations and drug courts are among the issues Mississippi lawmakers are taking up to reform the troubled system. In a Senate Corrections meeting, State Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael Randolph requested $2.1 million to create 19 new intervention courts. In the House, the Committee passed a bill requiring a detailed estimate of costs to repair and renovate Walnut Grove Correctional Facility in Leake County. Our Desare Frazier talks with Justice Randolph, Sen. Juan Barnett (D), House Corrections Chair Kevin Horan (R), and CEO of Mississippi Prison Industries Bradley Lum.
Segment 2:
Mississippi's emergency responders are upgrading the way they locate people who call 911. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is teaming up with emergency response company Rapid SOS to find emergency callers with pinpoint accuracy. Tom Guthrie is the Vice President of Public Safety at Rapid SOS. He tells our Kobee Vance the company uses a device's GPS to relay locations more quickly and accurately than traditional systems.
Segment 3:
Today’s Book Club selection takes a hard look at race in today’s political and social climate. The authors of “Stay Woke” describe it as a wakeup call for all concerned Americans. Tehama Lopez-Bunyasi tells us that the end of the civil rights movement didn’t begin to eradicate racial inequality in the county.
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