The legislative proposals follow Mississippi Today's ongoing "Behind Bars, Beyond Care" investigative series, which has documented alleged routine denial of health care in Mississippi prisons.

Melvin Cancer was killed by guards beating him inside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, a new report shows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rep. Becky Currie, R- Brookhaven, during a hearing at the Mississippi State Capitol, in 2020. Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today ...

JACKSON, MS - In a critical breakthrough for equal treatment of prisoners with HIV, Mississippi's top prison official today announced that educational and vocational programs will soon be available to ...

Mississippi’s private contract for prison medical services has come under growing scrutiny this year as complaints mount about care and oversight. The allegations are nothing new. Mississippi has ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – As prison populations see major declines nationally, recent data indicated that Mississippi is one of five states heading in the opposite direction. Much of the nationwide ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review more than two dozen unprosecuted homicides inside its prisons, as well as deaths where causes were ruled as “undetermined,” following an ...

In the wake of Mississippi Today reports of an amputation from a neglected broken bone, untreated hepatitis C and delayed cancer diagnoses, Rep. Becky Currie will try again in the coming legislative ...

This article is part of a collaborative investigation into Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons.The Mississippi Department of Corrections will review more than two dozen unprosecuted homicides inside its ...