Mississippi lawmakers push prison reform after journalists reveal dozens of deaths

A key Mississippi lawmaker has passed a major hurdle on a bill that calls for tougher oversight of deaths inside the state’s ...

Mississippi Supreme Court denies death row inmate post-conviction appeal

The Supreme Court rejected a successive post-conviction appeal by death row inmate Xavier Brown, who was sentenced in a ...

Mississippi prison reports second death at facility in under a month

A second inmate has died inside the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility in under a month.
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Second death in less than a month reported at Mississippi private prison

The Wilkinson County Correctional Facility is under scrutiny following the death of a second inmate in less than a month.

SCOTUS denies petition to review case of Mississippi death row inmate

The U.S. Supreme Court denied on Monday, Jan. 26, to review the case of a Mississippi death row inmate who killed a woman ...
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Another inmate dies in a troubled Mississippi prison

Another Mississippi inmate has died in a troubled state prison. State corrections officials said the death Wednesday appeared to be a suicide by hanging. At least 10 inmates have died in the state's ...

Mississippi death row inmate’s petition denied by U.S. Supreme Court

Powers was convicted of capital murder for killing a woman during an attempted rape.
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US Supreme Court declines Mississippi Death Row inmate’s 1998 murder conviction

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of a Mississippi man sentenced to death for the 1998 killing of a woman during an attempted rape. On Monday, […] ...