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

JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) — A man in prison pleaded guilty to filing for unemployment benefits while incarcerated.

Thomas was sentenced by the Hinds County Circuit Court to 15 years to serve and ordered to pay a total of $37,470.53 in ...

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

Winter storms have left many incarcerated people without heat, reliable electricity, food, water, and medical care, exacerbating existing health risks and increasing mortality rates and suicide levels ...

The Marshall Project examined reports of scarce food and water and interrupted access to medical care during a day-long power ...

With another wave of dangerous cold heading for the U.S. South on Friday, experts say the risk of hypothermia heightens for ...

Winter storm Fern may be gone but conditions remain dangerous in Mississippi and more than 150,000 are without power.

The winter storm that pushed through the state Saturday and Sunday temporarily knocked out power at the Mississippi State ...

Members of Islamic State have escaped from Syrian prison camps, renewing fears that the country’s fledgling government is struggling to contain thousands of militant prisoners and their relatives, ...

An inmate serving a life sentence for murder will continue his term in prison after the Mississippi Court of Appeals uphold a ...