Editing Tutwiler, Mississippi (section)

==Government and infrastructure==
Robert Grayson made history in 1993 by being elected as the first African-American mayor of Tutwiler. He was a former [[corrections officer]] at the [[Mississippi State Penitentiary]] (Parchman) in [[Sunflower County, Mississippi|Sunflower County]].<ref name="DeltaTownHopes1"/> Grayson was succeeded in 2009 by Genether Miller Spurlock, a former schoolteacher, and first black woman to be elected as mayor. The current mayor of Tutwiler is Nichole Harris-Rosebud. The town maintains a police force of about ten police officers.   
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the Tutwiler Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/tutwiler-201-alma-st-tutwiler-ms-1385231 Post Office Location - TUTWILER] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821005113/http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/tutwiler-201-alma-st-tutwiler-ms-1385231 |date=2012-08-21 }}." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on October 15, 2010.</ref>

[[Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility]], a private prison operated by the [[Corrections Corporation of America]] on behalf of the [[Mississippi Department of Corrections]], is located in an [[unincorporated area]] in [[Tallahatchie County, Mississippi|Tallahatchie County]], near Tutwiler.<ref name="Tutwilermap"/><ref name="Privateprisons"/> As of 2010 the prison serves as the Tallahatchie County's jail facility, in addition to housing primarily prison inmates sentenced by California courts.<ref name="CCAProfile">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20101120121618/http://cca.com/facility/tallahatchie-county-correctional-facility/ Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20120416035527/http://www.cca.com/facility/tallahatchie-county-correctional-facility/ Archive of later date]) [[Corrections Corporation of America]]. Retrieved on October 15, 2010.</ref>