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Corruption, violence, drugs and gangs are 'pervasive' in 3 Mississippi prisons: Justice Department
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoConditions at three Mississippi Department of Corrections prisons violated the U.S. Constitution, a...
Emma Holmes served her full time in a Mississippi prison, and 8 additional months. See why
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEmma Holmes served her time in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. All 30...
MDOC disputes Department of Justice findings but willing to work on improvements
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMississippi Department of Corrections officials say they are doing what they can to recruit and...
New program helps Mississippi inmates prepare for post-prison life
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe Mississippi Department of Corrections announced that 34 inmates graduated in early April through...
MDOC offers salary raises, increases benefits in effort to hire more prison officers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Mississippi Department of Corrections is seeking to hire more officers with a 10% increase in...
Mississippi executes man for rape, murder of teen girl
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoThomas Edwin Loden Jr., 58, had been on death row since 2001. (Mississippi Department of Corrections...
Utah private prison company returns $5M to Mississippi after understaffing is found at facilities
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA Utah-based private prison company has returned $5.1 million to the Mississippi Department of...
Former Mississippi corrections officers get years in prison for beating prisoner
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThree former Mississippi Department of Corrections officers were sentenced to years of jail time for...
Jay-Z and Yo Gotti dismiss federal lawsuit against Mississippi prison after upgrades
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhen Jay-Z's Team Roc, the social justice arm of the rap mogul's entertainment company, first filed...
Mississippi prisoner vows hunger strike if sexual assault complaint is not investigated
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA prisoner at the Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, a state prison once deemed among the worst for...