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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

It’s been less than a week since the last death at Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman, occurred, and yet another inmate has lost his life. According to the Mississippi ...

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

For the past five years, no more than 24 executions occurred annually — but 2025 is already near that mark, with more ...