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Michelle Liu

Michelle Liu was a 2018 corps member for Report for America, a national service program that places talented journalists in local newsrooms. She covered criminal justice issues across the state from June 2018 until May 2020. Prior to joining the Mississippi Today team, her work appeared in the New Haven Independent.

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More transparency about Mississippi prison practices during COVID-19 pandemic needed, local, national groups warn

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu April 3, 2020May 10, 2021

Advocates call for information that includes total number of tests, new cases, hospitalizations, lockdowns and quarantines, deaths and recoveries, in addition to the release of elderly and sick prisoners

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Sidelined by pandemic, prisoners forced to work off debts get offer of help from state public defender

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu March 27, 2020May 10, 2021
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“We are very ill-prepared for a biological event like this”: Prosecutors, sheriffs stress need to prevent COVID-19 in jails

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu March 26, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus in Mississippi

Mississippians among volunteers making home-sewn masks for medical workers

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu March 24, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inJustice

How Mississippi prisons are preparing for coronavirus

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu March 19, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inJustice

Former corrections chief takes job with state’s prison phone contractor

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu March 13, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted inElection 2020

Actor Danny Glover, other surrogates campaign for Bernie Sanders in Jackson

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Posted in2020 Legislative Session

Dead or alive: What bills survived the first major Capitol deadline?

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Posted in2020 Legislative Session

Anti-gang bill gets new life in state Legislature but some lawmakers fear far-reaching consequences

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu February 25, 2020May 10, 2021
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Civil rights probe into Mississippi prisons officially opened, Justice Department confirms

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Many Mississippi prisoners kept locked up past release dates due to housing shortage

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu February 5, 2020May 10, 2021
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Shaken baby syndrome: Mississippi woman, jailed for nearly 20 years, questions science in 2000 conviction

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu February 4, 2020May 10, 2021
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Prison death lawsuit alleges corrections staff failed to stop assault on Nicole Rathmann

Avatar photo by Michelle Liu January 31, 2020May 10, 2021
Posted in2020 Legislative Session

Fact check: Mississippi Democratic legislative response to State of the State address, with context

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Fact check: Gov. Tate Reeves’ first State of the State address, with context

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