Faced with more immediate funding needs, state officials haven’t asked for more money for rehabilitation programs, such as ...
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 ...
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 ...
A Greenwood man was sentenced today to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $69 million in restitution for ...
The Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday to give parents paid parental leave. Similar legislation ...
A proposed penalty to Mississippi’s rape law may punish certain criminals in ways that raise constitutional issues. Under Mississippi law, adults convicted of ...
The Quitman County Coroner is accused of fraud. The Mississippi State Auditor's Office said Randy Hester and his aunt Brenda ...
Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking lawmakers for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. With the state prison full, more ...