Former Commissioner Chris Epps was indicted in November 2014 (the day after he resigned), as was Cecil McCrory, a consultant and former state legislator.

The state and county authorized construction of the prison in this location in the expectation that persons living in the Woodville area would be able to find jobs there.

Numerous prisoners with mental illness were transferred to East Mississippi Correctional Facility, which is to provide specialized treatment.

[2] But, the rate of violence began to rise at WCCC due to the influx of prison gang leaders and members from Unit 32.

[2] Raymond Byrd had become warden, transferred in 2012 after the closure of Delta Correctional Facility, also in Mississippi, until the contract was lost to Management and Training Corporation, in July 2013.

[2] In 2013 MDOC commissioner Chris Epps replaced CCA, awarding MTC a five-year contract to manage WCCC.

[2] In October 2014 journalist Jerry Mitchell of The Clarion Ledger stated that if WCCC was a city of 100,000, it would have murders of more than 111 people per year.

After viewing the videotape of the assault on Walker, he said, "Honestly, I think it is symptomatic of the profit motive that drives a lot of the corrections industry instead of concern for public safety.

The next day he was indicted by the US Attorney of the Southern District of Mississippi, together with consultant and former state legislator Cecil McCrory, on 49 counts of bribery and kickbacks, in a corruption scheme related to contracts that Epps steered to particular companies.

In February 2015 both men pleaded guilty in plea bargains and cooperated with FBI investigators in a far-reaching case known as Operation Mississippi Hustle.