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Parents rally for Walnut Grove facility

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

A celebration in Smith Park commemorated changes at Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility.

The Friends and Family Members of Youth Incarcerated at Walnut Grove held a rally Sunday morning.

Parents of children at the facility thanked department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps for ending the private prison contract with the GEO Group.

They said their children were mistreated under the company's management from being denied medical treatment to education.

"I would like to urge the commissioner to continue to do the right thing by our children and to not allow another private, for profit company to take over Walnut Grove," said Walnut Grove parent Kimberly Carson.

"The GEO Group is making money off of these young men. They don't seem willing to spend any of that money to make sure they have been properly rehabilitated," said Walnut Grove parent Marietta Larry.

GEO managed Walnut Grove and the East Mississippi and Marshall County Correctional facilities until last month.

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