As prison populations see major declines nationally, recent data indicated that Mississippi is one of five states heading in ...

In the wake of Mississippi Today reports of an amputation from a neglected broken bone, untreated hepatitis C and delayed ...

Lately, the Mississippi prison system has been doing a lot to challenge my assumption that HBO’s Oz was a complete work of fiction. The sheer violence and harsh living conditions inmates suffer alone ...

At least 42 people have been killed in Mississippi prisons over the past decade due to systemic issues. An investigation found that chronic understaffing, gang violence, and lax oversight contribute ...

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 ...

JACKSON, Miss. – The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Mississippi prison system after a string of inmate deaths in the last few months. Federal prosecutors announced ...

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 ...

A pair of brothers in Mississippi are finally walking free after serving more time in prison than they should have.

The logo of the Mississippi Department of Corrections is shown on the shirt of a corrections officer, May 9, 2023, at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Miss. automation Conditions at ...

Mississippi Today reporters Gwen Dilworth and Michael Goldberg recap some of the findings from their series “Behind Bars, ...

The chapel was dedicated with a sermon by Rev. Fred Luter, the first African American president of the Southern Baptist Convention. This is the third prison chapel to open in Mississippi, with two ...