Former inmates and guards said the violence at the Rankin County jail created a culture of fear and was widely accepted by officials as a way of keeping order, an investigation by Mississippi Today ...

Shell said the law only allows a defendant to be sentenced up to the maximum punishment already set by the underlying crime.

A bombshell investigation found that guards at a Mississippi jail have been using inmates as enforcers, encouraging them to help carry out violent assaults against fellow prisoners. The investigation, ...

A detention officer had a portion of her face bitten off by a female inmate at the Rankin County Adult Detention Center, ...

BRANDON, Miss. (WTVA) — An inmate allegedly bit off a portion of a jailer’s eyebrow in central Mississippi. The attack ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections opened its newest chapel for inmates.The white church features a tall steeple with a cross perched on top at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in ...

Continuing their ongoing efforts towards social justice and prison reform, this week Jay-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC have filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 227 Mississippi inmates addressing the ...

The newly appointed federal receiver has asked the county’s district attorney to move more cases, while the DA has asked the ...