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20 Jul 2021, 10:14 am by Vic Carmody Jr., P.A.
Such was the case in July of 2020 when a man successfully escaped the Mississippi State Penitentiary and then fled the state. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 6:15 am by Ryan J. Farrick
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]
16 Jan 2020, 6:20 am by Valeria Negron
Rapper Jay-Z filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Mississippi on behalf of inmates in the state penitentiary. [read post]
1 Nov 2009, 7:08 am by clarence
  The Mississippi Legislature has defined a felony as ”any violation of law punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 10:46 am by brian
He was preparing to head to the state's penitentiary, an 18,000-acre old cotton farm in the Mississippi River Delta, for the execution of a man convicted of murder nearly two decades ago. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 2:56 pm
Henry "Curtis" Jackson, Jr., was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. on Tuesday after receiving a lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 8:19 am by brian
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]
19 Apr 2008, 6:04 am
[www.floridasupport.us]No. 07-7348 IN THESUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EARL WESLEY BERRY, Petitioner V, CHRISTOPHER EPPS, Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections,LAWRENCE KELLY, Superintendent ofthe Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman,and JOHN DOES 1-50, Respondents ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARITO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OFPETITION FOR A… [read post]
1 Nov 2010, 11:00 am by Clarence T.
  Like most states, Mississippi has an entire chapter of its code dedicated to election crimes. [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]
1 Jun 2010, 8:43 am by Steve Hall
She told reporters the state shouldn't let people sit on death row for years: "Mississippi should be like Texas and put in an express lane. [read post]
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 Dec 2009, 6:42 am
Mother Jones For the better part of four decades, Victory Wallace, 70, has made a monthly trip from New Orleans to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola to visit her brother Herman, who just turned 68. [read post]
15 May 2010, 8:35 pm by clarence
Mississippi is one of about seven states right now that make looting a distinct crime from other forms of property crime, like larceny, burglary, shoplifting, and other types of theft crimes. [read post]
30 Oct 2007, 5:08 pm
The delay order (found here) came about 15 minutes before Berry was to be put to death by lethal injection in the state penitentiary at Parchman, Miss.Like some of the Court's other recent orders refusing to clear the way for executions, this new one is expected to stir greater speculation that the Court â€â [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 5:58 pm
The drug court gives potential inmates a second chance by offering the option of kicking drugs instead of spending time in the state penitentiary. [read post]
6 Oct 2007, 12:24 pm
CSI MISSISSIPPI: Er, if "CSI" stands for "Crappy Scientific Investigations," anyway: In January, Mississippi's Supreme Court took an unusual step. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 9:28 am by Steve Hall
CDT after receiving a chemical injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, authorities said. [read post]