Mississippi’s private contract for prison medical services has come under growing scrutiny this year as complaints mount ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) probation agent is under investigation and could be headed to jail. 48-year-old Michael Whitfield is accused by a circuit court ...

On an August afternoon in 2023, three inmates at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility evaded the notice of guards and slipped away from their housing unit. They weren’t plotting to escape the ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections opened its newest chapel for inmates.The white church features a tall steeple with a cross perched on top at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in ...

MARSHALL COUNTY, Miss. - A Marshall County correctional officer was arrested and charged for bringing contraband into a Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facility, officials said. Alex Shaw ...

Incarcerated women are being moved from the state’s designated women’s prison in central Mississippi to a formerly decommissioned prison in the Delta more than a hundred miles away. Nearly 300 women ...

At least 42 people have been killed in Mississippi prisons over the past decade due to systemic issues. An investigation found that chronic understaffing, gang violence, and lax oversight contribute ...

This article is second in a series of a reporting collaboration by The Marshall Project - Jackson, Mississippi Today, Clarion Ledger, Hattiesburg American and The Mississippi Link. At least 42 people ...