Sen. Juan Barnett, the committee’s chairman, said the prison is unsafe for staff and inmates after years of underfunding and neglect.

A nonprofit organization with a goal of teaching state inmates writing skills has released a book of art and writing by men incarcerated in Unit 29, the destination for those considered the worst of t ...

They pointed to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, which has long been regarded as one of the nation’s worst ...

Todd Gee, a Biden-appointed federal prosecutor for the Southern District of Mississippi, which includes Jackson and Hinds ...

Earlier this month, an inmate escaped from the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman. He was captured more than 400 miles away in Tulsa, Okla., after being on the run for two days.

Following high-profile captures of individuals by law enforcement in December, some may wonder if prison escapes part of a ...

Subtitled 'Another Mississippi Sunday Morning', this record of prisoners' songs is folk music like you've never heard it ...

They pointed to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, which has long been regarded as one of the nation’s worst prisons. The facility has been remodeled, and all the units except for ...

The Mississippi Prison Writes Initiative, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to teach state inmates writing skills, released the book in November. “Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison ...

the destination for those considered the worst of the worst at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. The Mississippi Prison Writes Initiative, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to ...