For the first time since taking office, Governor Tate Reeves (R-Miss.) granted executive clemency to a man who was sentenced ...

He added that commuting the sentence fulfills his duty as governor to ensure state laws are enforced fairly and without ...

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 ...

Mississippi’s private contract for prison medical services has come under growing scrutiny this year as complaints mount ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Work songs and blues recorded, edited and annotated by the editor. Program notes by the editor on container and text ([14] l.) inserted. Performer(s): Composed and performed by various Negro prisoners ...