A month after admitting he killed a former Ole Miss student in July 2022, a Grenada man has begun serving his 40-year ...

Text messages and a video from a prisoner inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary have raised questions about a homicide there during a 2020 gang war. During the war, Denorris Howell was strangled ...

*Attorney Antonio Moore delves into the question of why the Democrats are ignoring a discussion around mass incarceration and Mississippi #parchmanprison and a black agenda. Plus, having no major ...

Text messages and a video from a prisoner inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary have raised questions about a homicide there during a 2020 gang war. During the war, Denorris “Nod” Howell was ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Betty Turner dreaded what her son would face in the state penitentiary in Parchman, the Mississippi Delta prison that has, over the course of more than a century, earned a dark and ...

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 ...

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Parchman’s gang war came after years of neglect by state officials, who slashed millions in funding and allowed conditions at the prison to deteriorate after federal courts ended oversight of the ...