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

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

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

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, have grown both in numbers.

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

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 ...

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – The man who was convicted of killing two women in Mississippi before leading authorities on a nationwide manhunt was found deceased at a state prison. Rankin County ...