Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state prisons to provide inmates on work assignments with protective gear. The ...

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Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state prisons to provide inmates on work assignments with protective gear.

Rep. Justis Gibbs, D-Jackson, says his proposal, inspired in part by Balfour’s story, addresses the first of a two-pronged issue that leaves Mississippi’s prison inmates vulnerable to ...

Credit: Courtesy of Maxwell Szabo) Mississippi lawmakers will consider requiring state prisons to provide inmates on work assignments with protective gear. The legislation follows an ongoing federal ...

A federal judge is expected to rule Tuesday on a request to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women to men’s facilities and ...

The Montana's Department of Corrections is working to relieve overcrowding at the state prison.Officials have transported 120 ...