Cadell Training Centre (CTC) provides accommodation for up to 180 low security prisoners in a rural environment, on land covering approximately 1 600 hectares. The prison focuses on major Restorative Justice Programs.
About Leake County... Leake County is located almost dead-center of the state of Mississippi. Leake County was organized on December 23, 1833 and was named in honor of Walter Leake, a prominent Mississippi politician who served in many offices in the state including Governor, Senator, and Supreme Court Judge. The county seat of Carthage was established in 1834 by the Harris family.
If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists. Mississippi is covered under our Southern. States mailing list. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning land of hanging grapes. The county seat is Pontotoc. The original Natchez Trace and the current-day Natchez Trace Parkway pass through the southeast corner of Pontotoc county.