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Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
1y ago
Mississippi is now the world’s leader in putting people behind bars — more inmates per capita than any state or nation, including China, Russia and Iran, according to the World Population Review ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
1y ago
His father, Mound Bayou, Miss., native Maurice Clifton Sr., then 54 years old, heard the news about his son’s death while serving his 22nd year of a 33-year sentence in federal prison ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation last year aimed at expanding parole eligibility, believing it could be a “net positive for Mississippi ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
Burl Cain burnished his reputation as a reformer inside the walls of one of the nation’s bloodiest prisons, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola where stabbings, beatings and killings were commonplace ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
For nearly two decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has chipped away at harsh punishment for juveniles convicted in homicides ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
Frederick Pritchett is expected to leave prison in 2111 for crimes he committed as a teenager. By then, he’ll be 116 years old — if he lives that long ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
In Mississippi, Tameka Drummer went to prison in 2008 for possessing less than 2 ounces of marijuana but will never see life beyond bars, despite a new state parole eligibility law going into effect Thursday ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
In the wake of states slashing prison spending by billions, desperate corrections officials are throwing a Hail Mary ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman inmates drink foul-tasting, smelly, and potentially contaminated water, say the Southern Poverty Law Center and the National Resources Defense Council ..read more
Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting » Prison
2y ago
If Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain has his way, a shuttered prison will become a haven of hope for addicted inmates — and a hell for inmates that prey on others ..read more