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MDOC commissioner Epps honored for leadership

April 18, 2013 Monica Land 0

Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner (MDOC) Christopher B. Epps has been honored by one of Jackson’s most historic churches for his transformative and innovative leadership.

Epps was the recipient of Mount Helm Baptist Church Anchor Community Award in Government. He and seven other recipients were honored on March 29 at the 2013 Resurrection Gala and Community Anchor Awards Banquet at the Old Capitol Inn in Jackson. […]

Miss. has 2nd highest inmate population in the nation

January 11, 2013 Monica Land 2

As Mississippi enters the second half of the current fiscal year, the state’s prison population continues to increase with no apparent signs of abating.

During 2011, the number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities declined by 0.9 percent, from 1,613,803 to 1,598,780.

But that was not the case in Mississippi. […]

Inmate challenges Mississippi execution method

August 7, 2012 Monica Land Comments Off

JACKSON – (AP) A federal appeals court has agreed to review a death row inmate's challenge to Mississippi's method of execution by lethal injection. Roger Thorson has appealed to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of […]

Former Clarion-Ledger editor named MDOC Communications Director

July 13, 2012 Monica Land 0

From The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – Veteran journalist Grace Simmons Fisher has joined the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) as communications director. “I’m very happy Ms. Fisher accepted my appointment of her as communications […]

Inmate executed for killing four children

June 6, 2012 Monica Land 0

By Monica Land PARCHMAN – Despite a last minute appeal to the governor and a plea from his three sisters – including one he repeatedly stabbed in the neck before killing two of her children […]