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The state Department of Corrections was established in 1976 to oversee the existing Mississippi state prisons. [6] Both federal and state laws were passed during various campaigns of "wars on crime" and "wars on drugs;" not only were new behaviors criminalized, but politicians supported mandatory sentencing and lengthier sentences.
Occupying about 28 square miles (73 km 2) of land, [3] [4] Parchman is the only maximum security prison for men in the state of Mississippi, and is the state's oldest prison. [3] [4] [2] Begun with four stockades in 1901, the Mississippi Department of Corrections facility was constructed largely by state
Drew Johnson is an inmate at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, Mississippi. After escaping from the facility on Dec. 24, 2024, Johnson was captured on Dec. 25, 2024.
The Central Mississippi Correctional Facility (CMCF) is a Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) prison for men and women located in an unincorporated area in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States, [1] between the cities of Pearl and Brandon.
Inmates at a Mississippi prison were forced to mix raw cleaning chemicals without protective equipment, with one alleging she later contracted terminal cancer and was denied timely medical care, a ...
Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain was warden at Angola, which like Parchman, is a maximum-security facility with a long history of violence and poor living conditions.
Christopher B. Epps (born January 25, 1961) is a federal inmate and a former commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and career employee in the state criminal justice system though he started his career as a teacher. Appointed as Commissioner in 2002 and serving until 2014, he served under three governors and was the ...
Three former Mississippi Department of Corrections officers were sentenced to years of jail time for punching and kicking a prisoner.