A reform bill that would set up an oversight committee to review each prison death comes after a joint news investigation by several local outlets.
This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons. The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review more than two dozen unprosecuted homicides inside its ...
The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review more than two dozen unprosecuted homicides inside its prisons, as well as deaths where causes were ruled as “undetermined,” following an ...
Mississippi’s private contract for prison medical services has come under growing scrutiny this year as complaints mount about care and oversight. The allegations are nothing new. Mississippi has ...
Continuing their ongoing efforts towards social justice and prison reform, this week Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 227 Mississippi inmates addressing the ...
In the wake of Mississippi Today reports of an amputation from a neglected broken bone, untreated hepatitis C and delayed cancer diagnoses, Rep. Becky Currie will try again in the coming legislative ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As prison populations see major declines nationally, recent data indicated that Mississippi is one of five states heading in the opposite direction. Much of the nationwide ...
The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review unprosecuted homicides and undetermined deaths in its prisons since 2015. A collaborative news investigation found at least 43 homicides in state ...
This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons. The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review more than two dozen unprosecuted homicides inside its ...