The House passed a bill Thursday that would direct the state Department of Health to conduct a sweeping review of the medical care provided to inmates at Mississippi prisons. The legislation is ...

Another push to shutter Mississippi’s oldest and ... employees and programs to other state prisons and regional facilities, ...

The work release program would aid the state agency in its workforce needs. The Mississippi Senate passed legislation on ...

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones holds a news conference to discuss two recent deaths at the Tallahatchie Correctional ...

Although the law says someone convicted in the CCID court may be sent to the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility – a state prison, Holland said that is just an option available to the judges, ...

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

During the current Mississippi legislative session, which runs from Jan. 7 through April 6, lawmakers will consider a raft of bills that could become law and impact prisons and jails, courts, policing ...

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

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

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

Death investigations are underway after two Hinds County detainees died while being housed at the Tallahatchie Correctional Facility. Hinds County Sheriff Tyree ...