JACKSON — New superintendents have taken over the leadership of two Mississippi state prisons.
Sunday marks Johnnie Denmark’s first day on the job as superintendent of the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville. Meanwhile, Michael White succeeds Denmark as superintendent of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl.
Denmark replaced Ron King, who will be the Mississippi State Penitentiary’s warden.
Denmark had been the Leakesville prison’s warden before becoming the Pearl prison’s superintendent. White previously served as deputy warden at the Pearl prison.
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