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 […]
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