Members of the Legislative Black Caucus said conditions at the Parchman prison were unlivable after a group tour two weeks ...

Lawmakers are considering spending over $480 million on the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the next fiscal year, an increase of $12 million.

The probe comes after prisoners in Unit 29 had to endure freezing temperatures without heat in January after a winter storm ...

It is the first time in at least the last decade that officials have confirmed that an incarcerated person was killed by a use of force by prison security.

A Department of Justice investigation into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm found unsafe and inhumane conditions at the prison have violated the U.S. Constitution. The DOJ released ...

ATLANTA — Prison officials in Mississippi said Tuesday that two inmates were beaten to death at the state penitentiary in Parchman, coming after a burst of violence across the state that left five ...

It was a Tidal wave of momentum. The health care provider for Mississippi’s state prison system is terminating its contract with the corrections facilities, the Mississippi Clarion Ledger reported.

A key Mississippi lawmaker has passed a major hurdle on a bill that calls for tougher oversight of deaths inside the state’s notorious prisons, following an investigation by The Marshall Project - ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi prison ...

This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons. When Mississippi officials informed Mary Anderson that her uncle had died in prison, they told her he had ...