Delta Correctional Facility is a Mississippi Department of Corrections state prison for women,[1] one of opened in the late 20th century and early 21st century in the state, and operated by for-profit corporations.

[4] The facility was closed on January 15, 2012, due to excess capacity in the state.

[1] In 2009, Joseph Jackson, serving a life sentence at Delta Correctional Facility, escaped custody while on a supervised visit to an eye doctor.

When stopped approximately 300 mi (480 km) northeast in Nashville, Tennessee by police Sergeant Mark Chesnut, Jackson shot the officer in the abdomen, five times.

[6] Convicted felon Cedric Gordon was mistakenly released from Delta in mid-August 2009; his mother returned him to prison.