JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and other entertainers have ended two lawsuits they filed on behalf of Mississippi inmates in 2020 over what they said were squalid living conditions at the state’s oldest prison — a facility that came under Justice Department scrutiny after o...
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Amid a bloody prison uprising in Mississippi, hip-hop superstar Jay Z has launched suit against state authorities on behalf of inmates at the violence-plagued penitentiary. Mississippi has some of the harshest cannabis laws in the country, and pot convictions are big factor contributing to the d...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted…
Between December 29 and January 3, five Mississippi inmates were killed and an undisclosed number of others were injured in violence inside the prisons
Mississippi State Penitentiary. The suit claims the plaintiffs' lives are in peril inside the prison.Jay-Z, left, and Yo Gotti have hired lawyers to represent prisoners suing Mississippi Corrections Department after five inmates died the first week of January.Getty Im...
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A 42-year-old inmate has died in Mississippi, making him at least the 18th prisoner to die in the state's troubled prison system since late December, corrections officials said Sunday.
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Correctional facility healthcare provider Centurion, accused of contributing to subpar conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman prison, has terminated its contract with the state
Candice Dobbins said she first learned of her brother’s death after a stranger who has a relative in a Mississippi prison phoned her. She said state officials later confirmed the death, but have answered no questions, leaving her to try to glean information from inmates. Terrandance Dobbins ...