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also the location of the female death row, was for a time the only state prison in Mississippi designated as a place for female prisoners.

History

For much of the 1900's after the American Civil War, the state of Mississippi used a convict lease system for its prisoners; lessees paid fees to the state and were responsible for feeding, clothing and housing prisoners who worked for them as laborers.

In 1900 the Mississippi State Legislature

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