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17 Mar 2010, 12:12 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
Regardless of this, since 1987, MDOC has performed mandatory HIV tests on all prisoners entering the state prison system, and has permanently housed all male prisoners with HIV in a segregated unit at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, the state’s highest security prison. [read post]
30 May 2013, 7:34 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
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]
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]
24 Aug 2012, 8:49 am by Steve Hall
  Earlier coverage from Mississippi, including lethal injection issues in the state begins at the links. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 8:15 am
According to a MDOC audit, only 10 percent of the patients reviewed had evidence of group therapy in their medical records. [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]
7 Jun 2010, 12:43 pm by Will Matthews, ACLU
Less than a decade ago, Unit 32 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., was one of the very worst prison facilities in the nation. [read post]
21 May 2010, 2:04 pm by Kent Scheidegger
If everyone in state government handled their jobs like MDOC chief Chris Epps, Mississippi would be a far better place.This is a copy of a note I wrote Epps today:Hey Chris,Thanks for you professionalism and hospitality yesterday. [read post]
6 May 2011, 9:05 am by CJLF Staff
Three Death Row Inmates Claim Mississippi Did Not Follow Administrative Procedures Act: The Associated Press reports that three death row inmates have filed documents with the Mississippi Supreme Court claiming the Mississippi Department of Corrections did not comply with the state's Administrative Procedure Act when it failed to properly publicize its switch to pentobarbital during executions. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 1:38 pm by Suzanne Ito
The ACLU has painstakingly documented Wexford and CCA's gross lack of regard for prisoner health; MDOC has long been on notice of these deficiencies, some of which have resulted in deaths. [read post]
15 Jul 2008, 5:42 am
MDOC officials and the attorney general's office declined comment on Monday. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 6:31 am by Kevin W Frye
  The article begins as follows:As state agencies respond to deep budget cuts, local and state officials are raising concerns about Mississippi's ability to protect the public, prosecute and try cases, and keep criminals behind bars.The state's chief justice says Mississippi's judicial system is in "financial crisis. [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 4:52 pm by CJLF Staff
"  During their rehearing Thursday, however, the drug supplier told the court it would cease doing business with Mississippi if its identity were made public, and the 8th Circuit concluded that "the harm to MDOC (Missouri) clearly outweighs the need of the inmates, and disclosure would represent an undue burden" on the state's prison system. [read post]