PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi Senate passed a bill this week that would allow inmates to work with the ...

Senate Bill 2047 by Sen. Juan Barnett proposed a four-year phase down of operations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at ...

Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state prisons to provide inmates on work assignments with protective gear. The legislation follows an ongoing federal lawsuit alleging inmates at a ...

Blackmon said he wanted to see the state's prison system first hand, and that he would be touring other prisons in the future ...

Rep. Becky Currie introduced several bills in the Mississippi State House of Representatives Corrections committee this ...

A convicted murderer who escaped from a Mississippi state prison on Christmas Eve was captured Wednesday, according to a Mississippi Department of Corrections post on Facebook. Drew Johnson was ...

The Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) is a Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) prison for men and women located in unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi, near Pearl.

LOST GAP, Miss. (WTOK) - The East Mississippi Correctional Facility has brought in some new programs to help inmates. These programs are focused on teaching the inmates valuable skills in trades ...

Lawmakers gathered Wednesday at the State Capitol to push for prison reform legislation.Members of the Democratic Caucus and ...

A man pled guilty to a fatal shooting at a sports plant in Northeast Mississippi. According to the First Circuit District Attorney’s Office, Menderil Cohen pled ...