By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The head of Mississippi’s prison system says the state needs to improve programs that help people get their lives on track as they leave prison. […]
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — An attorney for state prison inmates says last week’s boil order at the State Penitentiary at Parchman is another sign of the prison’s aging and unstable infrastructure. “We will most likely […]
JACKSON – A task force overseeing a review of Mississippi Department of Corrections’ contracts will hold its second public hearing Friday at the Woolfolk State Office Building in Jackson. The first hearing March 7 at Delta State […]
The Mississippi Link Newswire JACKSON – The Mississippi Department of Corrections is investigating the death of an inmate who died following an altercation with another inmate at the state Penitentiary at Parchman on Tuesday night. Willie Wallace, #124990, […]
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 Mississippi Department of Corrections should eliminate as many of its no-bid contracts as possible and start a competitive process to see if it can get better deals, says a group […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi’s corrections commissioner suddenly resigned Wednesday in the face of an apparent federal investigation. Christopher Epps had led the state prison system for 12 years. Gov Phil Bryant named Deputy Commissioner […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Some of the most dangerous prisoners have been removed from the privately-run Walnut Grove Correctional Facility following a July 10 riot, as the Mississippi Department of Corrections faces renewed legal claims […]
WALNUT GROVE, Mississippi (AP) — Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps says a prison fight in which nine inmates were stabbed was related to an attempt to smuggle contraband into the Walnut Grove prison. Corrections spokeswoman […]
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has not set execution dates for two inmates, making it increasingly unlikely that either execution would take place this week. Attorney General Jim Hood had asked the […]
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