MDOC re-opens Delta facility, aims focus on rehabilitation
The Delta Correctional Facility in Greenwood has re-opened as a technical violation center and with Mississippi having one of the highest rates of incarceration in...
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Bryant discusses prison reform with President Trump
by Alex Paton
Governor Phil Bryant met with President Donald Trump this week during a roundtable discussion on prison reform. During the meeting, Bryant shared Mississippi’s successes with...
MDOC addresses recent inmate escape
Earlier this month, Michael Wilson escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, and now the Mississippi Department of Corrections has issued their first public statement...
Update: Rankin inmate back in custody
by Alex Paton
Update: A Facebook post from the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that inmate David Sean Crabb is back in custody after walking away from...
MDOC Commissioner: concerning amount of contraband
by Alex Paton
Dozens of cellphones and bags of tobacco were confiscated among a large amount of contraband seized from the Holmes-Humphreys County Regional Correctional Facility in Lexington. The...
Guilty plea entered in ongoing Epps scandal
Another guilty plea has been entered in the Chris Epps prison bribery scandal. According to Attorney General Jim Hood, Guy E. “Butch” Evans, an insurance...
escaped inmate captured in Ocean Springs
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Corrections said 47-year-old Michael Wilson, also known as “Pretty Boy Floyd,” has been captured two days after he escaped from a...
Conviction upheld in step-father sexual assault case
Clifford Pitts, a convicted sex offender, had his motion for post-conviction relief denied by a Rankin County Circuit Court. Pitts, 68, appealed to have his...
MDOC harvests 20K pounds of blueberries to sell to markets
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Corrections has harvested 20,000 pounds of blueberries and recently received their certification to sell to outside markets, including schools, retail stores,...
MDOC parolees remove 3,000 bags of trash from Mississippi roads
by Alex Paton
Many parks, highways, city streets, and county roads in Mississippi are now litter-free thanks to individuals on supervision with the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Parolees,...