"[7] On February 19, 2024, The Washington Post reported that a former inmate, Susie Balfour, had filed a lawsuit alleging that she had developed breast cancer as a consequence of working with carcinogens without proper protective equipment, and that the facility had refused to provide her with proper treatment for her cancer.

[10] It was originally named the Rankin County Correctional Facility (RCCF).

[13] As of September 1, 2008, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, with a capacity of 3,665, had 3,610 prisoners, making up a total of 25.07% of people within the Mississippi Department of Corrections-operated prisons, county jails, and community work centers.

[14] Of the male inmates at CMCF, 1,383 are Black, 738 are White, 16 are Hispanic, three are Native American, two are Asian, and one has no available data.

Of the female prisoners, 781 are Black, 672 are White, 8 are Hispanic, 3 are Asian, 2 are Native American, and one has no available data.