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2 May 2012, 5:42 am
In Mississippi, "the state's corrections commissioner on Friday said that [the GEO Group] would no longer operate three [private prison] facilities in the state, which held 4,000 inmates," NPR reported recently. [read post]
30 May 2013, 7:34 am
The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), which ultimately bears responsibility, has known about these conditions for years but failed to protect the health and safety of prisoners. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 10:30 am
At the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, where Mississippi sends some of the most seriously mentally ill people in the state prison system, even the most troubled patients are routinely ignored and the worst cases of self-harm are treated with certain neglect. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:15 am
This spring, we took the Mississippi Department of Corrections to court for the grave abuses and inhumane conditions they allowed at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, a private prison in Meridian. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 5:44 am
The case involves a subpoena that two Mississippi death row inmates served on the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC)... [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 4:00 am
"CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT" MAY GET HER UP TO 10 YEARS IN PRISONThe United State Department of Justice announced earlier today that a Mississippi Corrections officer has pleaded guilty to use of “excessive force against an inmate, involving … a dangerous weapon and resulting in bodily injury. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 11:10 am
And: Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said the state has ordered the new lethal injection drug and has been rehearsing for the expected executions. [read post]
21 Oct 2019, 10:01 pm
The Mississippi Position Back in January, 2018, the Mississippi Department of Revenue Commissioner, Herb Frierson, made a statement condemning zapper software that enabled restaurants to under report sales. [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 7:08 am
Any incarceration resulting from a misdemeanor conviction will probably be served in a local county jail or detention center, and longer incarceration resulting from a felony conviction will probably be served at one of the state facilities maintained by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 4:05 pm
Two rappers and an attorney are challenging the MDOC over five inmates' recent deaths. [read post]
22 Aug 2023, 2:00 am
FACES UP TO A DECADE IN PRISONOn July 27, 2023, a Mississippi Department of Corrections officer pleaded guilty to using “excessive force against an inmate, involving the use of a dangerous weapon and resulting in bodily injury. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 2:25 pm
The man has since pled guilty to trafficking fentanyl and will serve 10 years at the Mississippi Department of Corrections without parole. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 6:19 am
A Salmonella outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Corinth, Miss. has been linked to Don Julio Mexican Restaurant and is no longer and ongoing public health threat, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) said yesterday. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 6:19 am
A Salmonella outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Corinth, Miss. has been linked to Don Julio Mexican Restaurant and is no longer and ongoing public health threat, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) said yesterday. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 8:19 am
ACLU Strikes Deal To Shutter Notorious Unit 32 At Mississippi State Penitentiary : Facility Plagued By Inhumane Conditions And Lack Of Medical And Mental Health Care (June 4, 2010) "The American Civil Liberties Union and the Mississippi Department of Corrections... [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 12:10 pm
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court of Mississippi decided a case that was brought by a family who was involved in a serious car accident that they attributed to the negligence of the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT). [read post]
6 Jul 2008, 1:06 pm
" That report estimated that Mississippi could save about $5.4 million dollars annually based upon merely 500 participants going into a statewide drug court system instead of being housed in the state Department of Corrections. [read post]
18 Oct 2010, 11:46 am
Today, the ACLU and the ACLU of Mississippi filed suit on behalf of Andre Cooley, a correctional officer in the Forrest County Sheriff's Department in Mississippi, who was fired the day after his superiors discovered that he is gay. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 8:43 am
And: Mississippi has not executed more than two inmates in any year since 1961, when five were put to death, according to records at the Department of Corrections.In Texas, 450 convicted murderers have been executed in the last 25 years. [read post]
5 Nov 2003, 10:50 am
The Mississippi Department of Corrections has presented arguments before the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging a lower court [read post]
