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State penitentiary at Parchman has an interesting past. What will be its future?
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFew institutional buildings in Mississippi, whether bastions of higher learning, chambers of...
Jay-Z, Yo Gotti Star In Trailer For ‘Exposing Parchman’ Prison Documentary
VIBE via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJay-Z and Yo Gotti are featured in a new trailer for A&E’s Exposing Parchman documentary. A&E...
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...
Delay sought in upcoming Mississippi execution as condemned challenge death methods
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith just 15 days until Thomas Loden is set to be executed by the state of Mississippi, by injecting...
Jay-Z-funded lawsuits end as Mississippi improves prison
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoJACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and other entertainers have ended two lawsuits they...
A man on death row is fighting for his life. MS attorney general says he's out of options
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOne of Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch's arguments for her cause in setting an execution date for a man on death row is a recent state Supreme Court decision that says ineffective assistance-of-post-conviction-counsel ...
10 museums to visit during Black History Month that celebrate culture, history
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis April marks the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Equal Justice Initiative’s National...
Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoWhen Antonio McGowan left the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman after serving 17 years, he...
32 Mississippi school districts still under federal desegregation orders
theGrio via AOL· 12 months agoMississippi has the highest percentage of Black residents of any state. LEXINGTON, Miss. (AP) —...
Medgar Evers receives Presidential Medal of Freedom, country’s highest civilian honor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoAt her husband’s funeral in 1963, Myrlie Evers heard NAACP Executive Director Roy Wilkins declare,...