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

Some Mississippi lawmakers and community advocates rallied at the State Capitol on Wednesday to support a bill that would ...

Lawmakers gathered Wednesday at the State Capitol to push for prison reform legislation.Members of the Democratic Caucus and ...

Officials say transferring the prisoners is a necessary step to manage prison populations and make needed upgrades and ...

These Mississippians convicted in the U.S. Capitol insurrection are included in President Trump's massive pardon regarding ...

Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state prisons to provide inmates on work assignments with protective gear.