A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Several new Mississippi laws are in effect as of July 1, 2025. These are laws that were passed during the 2025 Legislative Session. The changes range from eliminating state ...

The longest-serving death row inmate in Mississippi's history, Richard Jordan, was executed Wednesday evening at the ...

Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

The South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville became the state's third prison to open a new chapel for its ...

Mississippi death row inmate Richard Jordan will eat his last meal at 4 p.m. ahead of his execution Wednesday, June 25.

Richard Jordan, who spent 48 years on Mississippi’s death row, received an execution by lethal injection at the state ...

On Wednesday, a group of prison reform advocates gathered virtually to speak out against the death penalty in Mississippi.

As the punishing Mississippi sun baked the grounds of one of America’s most notorious prisons, a wheelchair-bound man was so ...

Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain attended the dedication and said the state is nearing completion on two other prison chapels and another two are in the planning stages.

Over the last three years, book clubs, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and hosted at several MDOC prisons, ...