Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Mississippi State Penitentiary, more commonly known as Parchman, had the highest share of prison escapees at five. The second highest was the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF ...

Three men are accused of cutting power lines in Jackson County, Mississippi, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s ...

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 ...