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10 Apr 2018, 6:00 am
On Monday, attorneys presented their closing arguments in a case pitting prisoners against the Mississippi Department of Corrections. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 5:47 pm
The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has announced that it will release some inmates early, and place others on house arrest, in an effort to cut costs. [read post]
29 Feb 2020, 6:57 am
The post Rappers Jay Z and Yo Gotti file lawsuit against Mississippi Department of Corrections appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 9:00 am
In December, we blogged about a lawsuit we filed on behalf of Andre Cooley, a corrections officer with the Forrest County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi who alleged that he was fired after his superiors learned he is gay. [read post]
15 May 2020, 11:41 am
The case concerned a casino operator’s refund claim for the 2005 tax year that was prompted by the Mississippi Supreme Court’s decision in Mississippi Department of Revenue v. [read post]
3 Jun 2016, 3:08 pm
Forrest County, a corrections officer sued the county sheriff’s department and her supervisors alleging she experienced a retaliatory transfer and was ultimately terminated following her testimony at a trial against her supervisors. [read post]
8 Jan 2020, 7:53 am
” The letter accuses the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the state government of abdicating their Eighth Amendment responsibility to keep prisoners safe from substantial risk of serious harm. [read post]
28 Dec 2018, 3:04 am
The non-profit organization had accused the Mississippi Department of Corrections of limiting inmates’ access to free reading material. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 6:15 am
The lawsuit was filed by Jay-Z and other entertainers after federal investigators found that inmates at Mississippi State Penitentiary were living in unconstitutional and squalid conditions. [read post]
14 Apr 2017, 11:21 am
The lawsuit was brought against the Mississippi Department of Corrections [official website] by the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center [advocacy website]. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 10:49 am
Turner's lawyer, James Craig with the Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, had persuaded Reeves to temporarily block the execution after arguing that a Mississippi Department of Corrections policy prevented Turner from getting tests that could prove he was mentally ill when he killed two men during robberies in 1995. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 3:44 pm
The Justice Department found that nearly two dozen inmates died as a result of correction officials' negligence. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 10:46 am
On Monday, May 16, Chris Epps, commissioner of Mississippi's department of corrections, sat at a long conference table, grasping a mound of financial documents. [read post]
17 Mar 2010, 12:12 pm
Today we're happy to announce the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has agreed to stop segregating prisoners with HIV. [read post]
24 Aug 2012, 8:49 am
Mississippians Educating for Smart Justice and Mississippi Cure Inc. sued the state, hoping to stop the executions because the Mississippi Department of Corrections switched to a different lethal injection drug. [read post]
21 May 2012, 9:35 am
The Mississippi Department of Correction said in April 2011 that it would switch to a different drug, pentobarbital, for the state's next execution because of a nationwide shortage of one drug it has used in the past. [read post]
20 Jun 2013, 9:19 am
The same week, CCA announced that the Mississippi Department of Corrections decided not to renew CCA's contract to run the state's Wilkinson County Correctional Facility. [read post]
20 Jul 2021, 10:14 am
Speaking about the fact that this inmate had been helped in his escape, Department of Corrections Commissioner Burt Cain stated: “Where we can, people will be charged to the fullest extent of the law because we do not tolerate people assisting fugitives. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 7:49 am
Mississippi correctional facility cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA forworkplace violence and other hazards; more than $104,000 in fines proposed The U.S. [read post]
25 Sep 2012, 2:51 pm
The numbers announced by the Mississippi Department of Corrections also showed what was likely the root cause of the trouble. [read post]
