In the wake of Mississippi Today reports of an amputation from a neglected broken bone, untreated hepatitis C and delayed ...

Officials with the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) reported that three correctional officers were taken into custody on suspicion of trying to smuggle contraband for prisoners into the ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - A Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) probation agent is under investigation and could be headed to jail. 48-year-old Michael Whitfield is accused by a circuit court ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The deaths of two inmates in separate Mississippi correctional facilities have been confirmed. The first death was reported out of the East Mississippi Correctional Center in ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review unprosecuted homicides and undetermined deaths in its prisons since 2015. A collaborative news investigation found at least 43 homicides in state ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections opened its newest chapel for inmates.The white church features a tall steeple with a cross perched on top at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in ...

At least 42 people have been killed in Mississippi prisons over the past decade due to systemic issues. An investigation found that chronic understaffing, gang violence, and lax oversight contribute ...