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Mississippi prison deaths up 10 percent, records show
Department of Corrections data provide fresh insight into a recent rash of deaths at state correctional facilities
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Reform advocates, families demand action following multiple deaths in Mississippi prison system
Protesters call for prison reforms amid recent violence in Mississippi prisons that’s left at least 10 dead since Dec. 29
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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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Deaths were up threefold last year at private East Mississippi prison where inmate died last week
State officials say conditions have improved at facility near Meridian that’s involved in a lawsuit over conditions.
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Reported prisoner deaths in August now up to 16
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
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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A 14th Mississippi inmate death announced this month — quietly on prison agency’s website
Gov. Phil Bryant and state prison officials have vowed to investigate the recent spike in deaths
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His father was shot and killed. Now he’s in the Senate working to expand early release in Mississippi prisons.
State Sen. Juan Barnett, who was 20 when his father was killed, is now working to shorten the sentences of many Mississippi inmates.
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No-show prison workers cost Mississippi taxpayers millions
Prisoners and guards face danger from chronic understaffing by the Marshall County Correctional Facility in rural Mississippi.
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‘A complete and clear disregard for life’: Family members say officials are not doing enough to protect prisoners from COVID-19
As COVID-19 numbers soar, family members say Mississippi prison officials are not being transparent about how they’re ensuring the safety of prisoners.
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Mississippi teacher’s death during first week of school stokes COVID-19 outbreak fears
As Mississippi becomes one of the world’s worst COVID-19 hotspots, the decision to reopen schools is being questioned as school outbreaks are reported.
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JAY-Z, Meek Mill group wants Mississippi lawmakers to override Reeves prison reform veto
A high profile prison reform group is urging Mississippi lawmakers to override Gov. Tate Reeves’ veto of a criminal justice bill that would have made thousands of inmates eligible for parole, though it’s unclear whether lawmakers have the votes to do so.
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‘We’ve got to have churches in our prisons’: Senate advances Burl Cain, controversial pick as Mississippi prisons chief
Burl Cain, the controversial former Angola warden, says he plans to bring faith-based rehabilitation programs to Mississippi’s prisons.
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A Louisiana warden resigned under a cloud of misspending. He will now oversee Mississippi’s troubled prisons.
Gov. Tate Reeves appointed Burl Cain, the longtime warden of the Angola State Prison who resigned in 2015, to oversee Mississippi’s prison system.