Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.
More than a year after a state-appointed court in Jackson, Mississippi, became law and lawsuits were dismissed challenging its appointments and other powers, the Capitol Complex Improvement District C ...
Five years after a gang war and unrest at Mississippi’s prisons left a dozen dead from homicides and suicides, officials say these prisons are different places. They pointed to the Mississippi ...
Sen. Juan Barnett, the committee’s chairman, said the prison is unsafe for staff and inmates after years of underfunding and ...
A man pled guilty to a fatal shooting at a sports plant in Northeast Mississippi. According to the First Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Menderil Cohen pled ...
Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state ... Incentives in contracts with the state Department of Corrections ...
Private prison company CoreCivic has announced it will contract with the State of Montana to transfer 240 inmates to the ...
Officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations and make needed upgrades and ...
The Montana's Department of Corrections is working to relieve overcrowding at the state prison.Officials have transported 120 ...