U.S. Justice Department

Feds find 'severe, systemic' problems in Mississippi prison

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…

Federal attorneys say Mississippi must expand mental health services

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Department of Justice says a federal judge should order Mississippi to expand community-based mental health services. Department attorneys filed documents with an expansion plan as part of the long-running litigation between the federal government and…

Mississippi inmate dies after days in hospital; autopsy set

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An autopsy will be done on a Mississippi inmate who died after being hospitalized several days. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a news release Monday that 42-year-old Brandon Flowers was pronounced dead Sunday at…

Mississippi School Desegregates

A Mississippi Delta School District has agreed to a settlement in a long-running desegregation lawsuit. Lawyer Jamie Jacks says the agreement was announced Monday evening at a Cleveland School Board meeting. The 35-hundred student district had originally sought to maintain…