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 ...

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 ...

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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 - ...

A private prison company in Mississippi has been ordered to pay the state $7.4 million for understaffing its facilities. An investigation by the State Auditor's office found Management & Training ...

Two Mississippi men have avoided prison time but must pay back more than a quarter-million dollars in unpaid child support ...