Jackson’s new state-appointed court system is up and running. Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael K. Randolph ...

Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...

Robert Wilburn has been handed down a sentence of 100 months in federal prison by United States justice District Lee, P. Rudofsky.Wilburn, a multi-convicted fel ...

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

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

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...

The following is a report from the office of the Hancock County State’s Attorney, for the Hancock County Circuit Court from Nov. 18, 2024, through Jan. 17 (all fines include ...

A Mississippi felon found in Arkansas with a loaded gun and ammunition has led to an eight-year federal prison term.

An alleged shooter who admitted in October to killing a 20-year-old man on St. Paul’s Raspberry Island in 2023 was allowed to ...

Last year, when 31% of state lawmakers nationwide were women, they held about 30% of the seats on committees overseeing taxes ...

A bill to close Parchman Farm failed in the Senate for the second time. Plus, updates on Medicaid and ballot initiative efforts in the Legislature ...

The Friendship Nine changed the civil rights movement in 1961 by choosing prison rather than paying a fine for a sit-in at a ...