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 ...

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 ...

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

Another push to shutter Mississippi’s oldest and infamous prison died ... SB 2047 directed Parchman to close by transferring ...

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 ...

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, ...

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