A prisoner at the Jackson County Jail was found dead on Friday by corrections deputies, officials said Saturday morning.

Police suspect the death to be a suicide. Jackson County Sheriff’s corrections deputies found the 51-year-old man unconscious ...

John Carnes began his political career when he was 23 and won a seat on the Independence City Council and later served on the ...

Leon Hinman, another of the “food service officers,” as these corrections officers are more commonly known. While he ...

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The Mississippi attorney general is requesting an execution date for a man who’s been on death row for 30 years.

Monroe County's Jumble Firewood business offers local wood processed by people with criminal pasts that most employers won't ...

The Brandon lawmaker’s comments come nearly a month after Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe ...

Anthony Fox spent 552 days in prison after being convicted of culpable negligence manslaughter in the death of Robinson, a 62 ...

The prosecution alluded to “changes in circumstances” with the victim as to why the case was pared down but didn’t elaborate further.

Madison County Sheriff Julian Wiser provided an annual update on the department and its various divisions in a presentation for the Jackson Rotary Club ...