Since the prison opened, it has been operated under contract to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) by three successive for-profit companies: first Cornell Companies, which was acquired by the GEO Group in 2010.
Since the prison opened, it has been one of six prisons in the state operated under contract to the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) by three successive for-profit companies. EMCF was first operated by Cornell Companies, which was acquired by the GEO Group in 2010.