‘The Gangs Run the Prison’: Witness Disputes Official Parchman Death Account

A gang helmsman at Unit 30B of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shouted a threatening message about some inmates he had singled out from that unit in January 2020.

News, Prison, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellDecember 10, 2022Parchman, inmate murder, prisoner death, prison gangs, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Unit 30B, Burl Cain, DOJ investigation, constitutional rights violation, prison conditions, murder witness, dope, drugs

The Justice Department drops the hammer on Alabama’s prison system. Could Mississippi be next?

A year after deadly riots, the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division continues to investigate Mississippi prisons.

Mississippi News, Prison, Prison ReformKatherine MitchellJanuary 5, 2021prison, prison reform, contraband, prison gangs, MDOC, prison inspection, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi department of health, Mississippi prison system, Denorris Howell

Will prison contraband go up in smoke when Mississippi’s tobacco ban ends? Will it mean higher health care costs?

Mississippi officials are hoping that lifting the ban on smoking inside prison will help curb the huge contraband trade that some inmates estimate may run in the millions.