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Read Mississippi Today’s coverage on Mississippi State Pentitentiary at Parchman, the oldest prison in the state.
South Mississippi Correctional Institution, known as SMCI, now has an inmate-to-correctional officer ratio of 23 to 1, far higher than that of other states or the federal prison system.
Black mold, mildew, exposed wiring, raw sewage as well as inoperable showers and ice machines were also among the deficiencies health inspectors found during an annual review of the state’s oldest prison
One death at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility brings the total number of July deaths in Mississippi prisons to seven
African American residents of Winona have long believed in Curtis Flowers’ innocence. With the nation’s highest court overturning his murder conviction, many hope local District Attorney Doug Evans will finally make Flowers a free man
Court’s 7-2 ruling clears the way for seventh trial in 1996 slaying of four people in Winona. State’s effort “strongly suggests that the State wanted to try Flowers before a jury with as few black jurors as possible, and ideally before an all-white jury,” wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
A reform group recently called for a federal investigation into prison conditions after photos circulated on social media
Almost 55 years since accidentally becoming the youngest Freedom Rider, Hezekiah Watkins finds chemistry with an unlikely writer to share what “was a hell of an experience.”
When Mississippi lawmakers passed prison reform legislation in 2014, they pledged to devote some of the savings to drug rehabilitation, reentry programs and prison alternatives. That hasn’t happened.
Corrections officials in some states have launched investigations into prison employees’ posting memes that make light of subjects such as shooting inmates with Tasers, placing them in solitary confinement or confiscating their personal belongings
In Mississippi, the attorney general, a statewide official, and the district attorneys, who are elected by district, have separate responsibilities.
Criminal-justice reforms in several areas could draw bipartisan support this legislative session
Mississippi man on death row for the murders of four people at a Winona furniture store in 1996.
Agencies requested $764 million more than what was appropriated by the Legislature in the 2018 session
Department of Corrections data provide fresh insight into a recent rash of deaths at state correctional facilities
Richard Beasley, 55, was pronounced dead at 5:55 a.m. on Aug. 31