A pair of bills before the Mississippi Legislature seek to create a statewide board that reviews domestic violence deaths and reveals trends, in hopes of taking preventative steps.
A proposed penalty to Mississippi’s rape law may punish certain criminals in ways that raise constitutional issues. Under Mississippi law, adults convicted of ...
State Rep. Justin Humphrey said multiple lawsuits will be filed by family members of a former inmate from Tulsa who died ...
A Tupelo woman was jailed this week on felony charges after she threw a brick and hit a passing car. Tupelo police responded to the area of North Green and Livingston streets Jan. 21 for a report of ...
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) has addressed what its calling misinformation surrounding the death of inmate ...
The Biloxi High School sophomore committed suicide in her jail cell less than 24 hours after she was taken into custody.
MSUPD celebrates K-9 Bessi’s retirement after nine years of service by presenting her a certificate at a ceremony Jan. 29.
Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.
Three men are accused of cutting power lines in Jackson County, Mississippi, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s ...
A 29-year-old Harris County inmate died Saturday nearly 300 miles away from Houston less than a week after he was transferred ...
All three suspects were taken to the Jackson County Adult Detention Center and charged with conspiracy to commit a crime and ...
More than a year after a state-appointed court in Jackson, Mississippi, became law and lawsuits were dismissed challenging ...