MDOC, recently plagued by corruption, wants to be allowed more secrecy

The agency rocked in recent years by the largest corruption scandal in Mississippi history wants to be allowed more secrecy with its public records.

I'll let that sink in.

Mississippi Department of Corrections officials — charged with locking up people who don't follow the law — on Wednesday whined to a panel of lawmakers that following the state's public records laws is too onerous.

"There should be some limits on what you are transparent about," Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall told the Senate Corrections Committee.

Trust me, commissioner, in Mississippi there are many, many limits to what state government is transparent about. There have been some improvements, but overall Mississippi has barely joined the 21st Century in access to public records.

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