RAYMOND, Miss. (WJTV) – Jail overcrowding at the Hinds County Detention Center is an issue that’s been front and center. It’s one of the hot topics in the Hinds County District Attorney’s race.
WJTV 12 News spoke to André de Gruy, a public defender, about the defendants who are sitting behind bars without their cases being heard.
“We’re the number one incarcerator in the country, the state of Mississippi. And so, and that doesn’t start when they’re on the bus to Parchman,” said de Gruy…