simply called Parchman Farm, in 1957, his interest was purely observational; he never served jail time there or anywhere else. Getty Images Jay Z brought the prison to international attention when ...

Located about 100 miles south of Memphis in the Mississippi River Delta, the birthplace of the blues, Mississippi State Prison in Parchman, Mississippi, has become as much a historical landmark as ...

The protesters had gathered at the intersection of Mississippi and North Congress, in the shadow of the state Capitol. Hip-hop blared from the speakers, activists circulated leaflets, and posters ...

And you have to understand that those feelings have a history -- and that history is Parchman Farm." "There is so much feeling of racial injustice around the issue of punishment. And you have to ...

In 1940, a blues musician named Bukka White recorded "Parchman Farm Blues" about the infamous prison labor farm in the Mississippi Delta. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PARCHMAN FARM BLUES") WHITE ...

A Department of Justice investigation into the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm found unsafe and inhumane conditions at the prison have violated the U.S. Constitution. The DOJ ...

It's a strange month when the Parchman Farm comes out looking better than a county jail. On March 10, a federal judge finally dismissed the bulk of Gates v. Collier. A 1972 decision on this ...

An effort By Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, to phase out Mississippi's 124-year-old Parchman prison was again killed this year before it could be debated on the Senate floor. On Wednesday ...

Earlier this year, award-winning producer Ian Brennan visited the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm, to record inmates singing. Graeme Thomson reports on the remarkable ...

In 1940, a blues musician named Bukka White recorded "Parchman Farm Blues" about the infamous prison labor farm in the Mississippi Delta. WHITE: (Singing) But I hope someday I will overcome.