By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department has released the findings of its two-year investigation of a Mississippi prison. The department says Wednesday that the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman violated inmates' constitutional…
The first new building in years is going up at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman in Sunflower County. Groundbreaking ceremonies were held today at Mississippi’s oldest prison, but not for a new cellblock. According to MDOC, for the first time…
Law enforcement officials are looking for a man who went missing Sunday from the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The Department of Corrections said 40-year-old Arthur Lestrick escaped on foot from a work camp called Unit 28. Lestrick was sentenced…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An inmate was pronounced dead Monday in the hospital of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, the state Department of Corrections said in a news release. Robert Floyd McGuire, 56, was taken to the hospital after…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections on Monday night made its first announcement of a coronavirus case in one of the state prisons. An inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary was…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has been pronounced dead. News outlets report the 42-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday afternoon. The Mississippi Department of Corrections has not identified the…
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP/WXXV) — Two inmates were killed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Monday night. In a statement Tuesday morning, the Mississippi Department of Corrections said, “Two inmates were killed in Parchman last night. At this moment,…
By Associated Press PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) - A coroner says an inmate has died after being found hanging at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, which was a focus of recent deadly unrest. Coroner Heather Burton said in a statement…
The families of some of the inmates in Mississippi prisons continue to demand answers from the federal government about civil right violations and living conditions for inmates. Yesterday, demonstrators rallied for prisoner rights outside the state capitol in Jackson. Concerns…