Featured MDOC searching for Marion County escapee
The Mississippi Department of Corrections is looking for 51-year-old Clifford Montague after he escaped supervision. Montague, who was sentenced in Marion County on September 22nd,...
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Featured MDOC investigating two inmate deaths
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Corrections is investigating the deaths of two inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Inmates Michael Montrell Norwood and Milton...
Featured 28-year-old inmate dies in George County
by Alex Paton
The George County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) and the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) in an investigation into the...
Featured MDOC finds less contraband at Wilkinson prison than in 2017
by Alex Paton
MDOC says Operation Zero Tolerance is working. Fewer shanks and cellphones were found among assorted contraband items at Wilkinson County Correctional Facility a year after...
Featured Officer trainee caught with contraband at Parchman
by Alex Paton
Another search of staff in the Mississippi Department of Corrections’ crackdown on contraband has led to the arrest of a correctional officer trainee and the...
Featured MDOC prisoners pack meals for hungry kids
by Alex Paton
Approximately 200 inmates at the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs are helping to hand pack hundreds of meals for malnourished children around the...
Featured MDOC officer arrested after K-9 search finds spice in car
by Alex Paton
A correctional officer at South Mississippi Correctional Institution is the latest person to experience the meaning of Operation Zero Tolerance at the Mississippi Department of...
Featured MDOC: Less contraband seized during second shakedown of 2018
by Alex Paton
The second shakedown at South Mississippi Correctional Institution has turned up fewer cell phones, drugs, and other contraband items than the search three weeks ago...
Featured MDOC prisoner dies serving life in prison for murder of trooper
by Alex Paton
A man serving life in prison for the 1981 New Year’s Eve shooting death of a state trooper has died. Otis Lee Fairley, 66, who...
Featured AG Hood settles fourth lawsuit in Chris Epps prison bribery scandal
by Alex Paton
Attorney General Jim Hood announced that the State of Mississippi has settled its claims with CGL Facility Management, LLC for $750,000, as the fourth settlement...