State Auditor Shad White says a private prison company must pay $7.4 million to Mississippi for not maintaining enough staff ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As prison populations see major declines nationally, recent data indicated that Mississippi is one of five states heading in the opposite direction. Much of the nationwide ...

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 Mississippi appeals court has wiped out a $52,433.85 attorney-fee award against the state prison agency, ruling the trial ...

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 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 - ...

DEER LODGE, Mont. — Audra Holcomb of Great Falls has been 1,800 miles away from her incarcerated son, Erin, for more than a year. In early 2025, he was transferred from a private prison in Montana to ...