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Patrick Beadle, Oregon Rastafarian convicted of marijuana trafficking, sentenced 8 years in prison
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Sentencing, which Beadle plans to appeal, comes as a Republican-led effort to legalize medical cannabis gets underway
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Mississippi’s lifetime felony voting ban gets a Capitol hearing
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Amid two lawsuits, legislative hearing wades into whether the state should discuss other options to restore voting rights to thousands of citizens
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An Oregon musician faces 40 years for marijuana, but his mother’s words might sway the judge
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The case against Patrick Beadle highlights shifting marijuana laws across the nation, changes in Mississippi’s drug trafficking laws and a pending class-action lawsuit against the Madison County Sheriff’s Department
Economy, development puts Hattiesburg in league with other thriving mid-size cities of the South
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Downtown, Midtown lure residents back from the suburbs
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SPLC to Gov. Bryant: Prison conditions ‘unacceptable and inhumane’
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Southern Poverty Law Center calls on state to reform the health care and reporting practices in the Mississippi prison system.
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Mississippi prison deaths up 10 percent, records show
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Department of Corrections data provide fresh insight into a recent rash of deaths at state correctional facilities
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Vermont sending over 200 inmates to private Tallahatchie prison
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The Mississippi facility also houses about 500 people detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Cutting prison population in half could save Mississippi millions of dollars; report details how
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The report one of 50 “blueprints” the ACLU is helping to produce for every state through a two-year research project aimed at reducing prison populations and racial disparities
Over 200 inmates moved ahead of Gordon’s landfall
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The Mississippi Department of Corrections has evacuated more than 200 people under the agency’s supervision from the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Gordon approaches. Individuals from the Harrison County Community Work Center, the Pascagoula Restitution Center, and the Harrison County jail were moved to other MDOC facilities, according to a statement released by the department Tuesday afternoon. “All movement was made without incidents,” Commissioner Pelicia E. Hall said in the statement. “I thank all of our dedicated staff for a job well done. The department will continue to monitor the weather and assess any further need for movement or relocation of its population.” The department did not specify which facilities where people were moved, but a department spokeswoman said the prisoners would be out of harm’s way.
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Reported prisoner deaths in August now up to 16
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Richard Beasley, 55, was pronounced dead at 5:55 a.m. on Aug. 31
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Prisoner deaths now at 15 this month
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The Greene County coroner confirmed that a male inmate housed at South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville died on August 30
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Nicole Rathman was set to go home from prison. She died five days before seeing freedom
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Nicole Rathman was the 11th Mississippi prisoner to die in August. Her mother wants her remembered as a beautiful person — and she wants answers
A 14th Mississippi inmate death announced this month — quietly on prison agency’s website
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Gov. Phil Bryant and state prison officials have vowed to investigate the recent spike in deaths
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DOC identifies 12th prisoner to die in state custody this month
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Death makes August one of the most fatal months for Mississippi prisoners in recent years.
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Tempers flare at police shooting meeting, delaying final report
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The release of the task force’s final report on a policy for making information on officer involved shootings public was rescheduled for Sept. 6.