JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Utah-based private prison operator will take over management of three Mississippi correctional institutions beginning in July.

Management & Training Corporation of Centreville, Utah, has signed 10-year operating contracts for the East Mississippi Correctional Facility near the Lost Gap community beginning July 2; Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility in Walnut Grove on July 9; and the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs on Aug. 13.