Wilkinson’s Bessie January teaches case managers at East Mississippi

She leads 3-day class on Long-term Segregation

By Roscoe Barnes III
Chaplain, Wilkinson County Correctional Facility

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Bessie January

WOODVILLE, Miss. – Case Manager Bessie January of Wilkinson County Correctional Facility (WCCF), Woodville, recently taught a three-day class on Long-term Segregation at East Mississippi Correctional Facility (EMCF), Meridian.

“We focused on how long-term segregation is run,” January said. “We looked at the policies and guidelines of MTC and the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ (MDOC). We talked about the dos and don’ts when working with these offenders and how to work with security.”

January is a long-term case manager at WCCF, where she has worked for four years. She is a student at Jackson State University and resident of Fayette, MS.

January said she was excited about the teaching opportunity.

“It was an honor as well as a privilege, that someone thinks enough of me to ask me to train people who have been in corrections longer than me,” she said. “The staff of EMCF showed great hospitality. They were attentive. They said the training was great and that they learned a lot.”

WCCF and EMCF are operated by Management & Training Corporation (MTC) for the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC).  

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