Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

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

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

Tears well up in Donna Steelman’s eyes as she looks out at her flower garden, wilted from the first November frost, ...

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Mississippi’s Lauderdale County is under investigation by the Department of Justice for creating a “school-to-prison” pipeline for students in the local education system. The move by the DOJ, which ...

Gov. Tate Reeves has granted executive clemency to Maurice Taylor, who was serving an illegal 20-year sentence for conspiracy to sell a Schedule III substance, reducing it to time served.