Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

Tears well up in Donna Steelman’s eyes as she looks out at her flower garden, wilted from the first November frost, ...

As prison populations see major declines nationally, recent data indicated that Mississippi is one of five states heading in ...

The logo of the Mississippi Department of Corrections is shown on the shirt of a corrections officer, May 9, 2023, at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, Miss. automation Conditions at ...

This article is second in a series of a reporting collaboration by The Marshall Project - Jackson, Mississippi Today, Clarion Ledger, Hattiesburg American and The Mississippi Link. At least 42 people ...

A Mississippi Prison Murder Indictment Was Forgotten for 3 Years — Until a Reporter Called John Lowe was beaten to death in a prison shower in 2021, but the murder suspect was not served the ...

This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons.The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review more than two dozen unprosecuted homicides inside its ...

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 ...

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 ...