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New MDOC visitation policy too restrictive, loved ones of incarcerated Mississippians say
After 15 months, MDOC issued a new visitation policy, but families of incarcerated Mississippians say it’s not enough.
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Mississippi prison crisis: Inmates aren’t the only ones in danger; guards face attacks as their numbers dwindle
Analysis of state records and hundreds of pages of court documents, along with interviews with more than 30 prison employees, reveal a dangerous environment for everyone behind bars. As corrections officers quit, those remaining must guard more and more inmates
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
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