Coronavirus and the department of corrections
As the year 2020 started out, the Mississippi Department of Corrections took the heat in the first month. Inmates were killing and getting killed with...
Tag : Parchman
Senate Committee unanimously confirms Cain as new MDOC Commissioner
Photo courtesy of MDOC/Twitter The Senate Corrections Committee voted this morning to unanimously confirm Burl Cain as the new Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of...
Senate Corrections Committee chairman sees a bright future for MDOC
Recently, Governor Tate Reeves announced that longtime Angola Prison warden Burl Cain has been chosen as the next commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections...
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann Speaks on Governor Tate Reeves asking to close Unit 29 at Parchman
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann held a press conference right after the Senate adjourned on Thursday. He started off this meeting by answering questions about the...
MDOC lifts statewide lockdown
After a deadly week in Mississippi prisons, the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has lifted the lockdown for all state prisons, exempting Parchman. The Mississippi...
Bennie Thompson requests MDOC investigation
After a violent week in the Mississippi penal system, Congressman Bennie Thompson has requested that U.S. Attorney General William Barr launch an investigation into the...
Inmate Escape from Parchman
by Andi Davis
The Mississippi Department of Corrections is searching for escaped Inmate Benny Ray Blansett. Blansett, 59, was discovered missing from Unit 30 at the Mississippi State...
MDOC lifts prison lockdown a month later
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Corrections has lifted the statewide lockdown. Visitation, commissary, and outside recreation have resumed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, the...
14 Parchman inmates awarded ministry degrees
by Alex Paton
Fourteen inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman have been awarded associate and bachelor’s degrees in Christian Ministry. They met the requirements of the...
Featured Parchman inmates harvest 8,000 lbs. of tomatoes
by Alex Paton
Inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman will have harvested about 8,000 pounds of tomatoes grown in a greenhouse operation by the end of...