A Stone County woman has been sentenced to prison for abusing her son.
26 year old Dessa Barton has pleaded guilty to felony abuse or neglect of a child.
The judge sentenced her to a 12-year prison term. Investigators say her four year old son was suffering from malnutrition and had been kept in a homemade wooden cage.
The boy was found responsive after a 911 call in November of 2020.