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Gov. Reeves signs parole eligibility bill, after last year’s veto
“It gives those inmates some hope – hope that one day they might get out if they live up to the conditions,” Sen. Juan Barnett said.
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Mississippi cut corrections by $215M. Horrid conditions, violent deaths have followed at Parchman
With 16 violent deaths, Parchman sees “level of violence and lethality that we associate with prisons in countries like Brazil and Honduras”
Civil rights probe into Mississippi prisons officially opened, Justice Department confirms
The federal agency will look at conditions inside Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, and Wilkinson County Correctional Facility
Many Mississippi prisoners kept locked up past release dates due to housing shortage
Many Mississippi prisoners remain incarcerated after they are eligible for release because they lack approved addresses. A task force submitted recommendations to a legislative panel this week that includes increased funding for transitional housing
Prison death lawsuit alleges corrections staff failed to stop assault on Nicole Rathmann
Father’s filing says prison employees did not try to stop the beating or offer medical assistance
Reeves eyes contraband phones, reopening private prison, tougher guard screening to ‘restore order’ at Parchman
Gov. Reeves said he currently has no plans to ask the Legislature for increased corrections department funding
Mississippi’s death row inmates weren’t involved with recent prison violence, but are suffering because of it, lawyers say
Conditions have worsened for Parchman’s death row inmates, who are not linked to recent incidents reported elsewhere in Unit 29. However, they remain on lockdown with the rest of the prison and their attorneys say they’re being denied food, water, medication and other rights
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