JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A 56-year-old inmate serving life for a 2008 murder in Hinds County has died in prison. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says Joseph Gentry was found unresponsive in his cell at […]
By Othor Cain Contributing Writer Former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps appeared again in federal court Monday before Judge Henry T. Wingate to learn his fate — what he learned — was that […]
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) — Officials removed 240 state inmates from a prison here Thursday after investigators said they found widespread violations — including the discovery that inmates had crossed state lines while doing community service. […]
(AP) A federal judge is allowing inmates to go forward with their lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections and a private prison operator. U.S. District Judge William Barbour Jr. on Tuesday granted class certification […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One man pleaded guilty Friday and another was indicted on federal charges that they paid bribes and kickbacks to a former Mississippi corrections commissioner in exchange for contracts. Sam Waggoner, 61, […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps and businessman Cecil McCrory are pleading guilty on federal corruption charges. Epps pleaded guilty to a count of money laundering conspiracy and a count of […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — People seeking further changes at a privately run prison in Leake County are on track to get a chance to try to persuade a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The lawyer for indicted former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps wants to push back the Jan. 5 trial date. John Colette, in a motion filed Thursday, wrote he received […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Private prison contractor Management & Training Corp. says it has fired a consultant who prosecutors say bribed the former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner. Utah-based MTC announced in a statement Monday that it […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Thursday afternoon the state will rebid contracts with all firms mentioned in an indictment of former Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps. Spokesman Knox Graham said Thursday that […]
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