Mississippi

MTC failed to provide enough staff, including 12,000 unfilled mandatory shifts from 2017 to 2020, to ensure the safety of prison employees and inmates

Lt. Michael Boutte of the Hancock County Sheriff's Department was shot in the face and head on Feb. 1, 2021, while responding to a call about a suicide threat

Currently, Mississippi has the highest imprisonment rate; The report states this is a key reason the state also has the nation's lowest labor force participation rate

Corey Harrison and three other inmates escaped from the Raymond Detention Center on April 22

Casey Grayson is the third escaped prisoner to be found in a multi-agency hunt

Jerry Raynes was apprehended days after he and three other inmates escaped from the Raymond Detention Center

Sheriff: "He inflicted that kind of terror after escaping from jail, killing people and shooting law enforcement. But that guy won't be killing anyone else"

The Tactical Games were created to provide a platform to test the skills and readiness of tactical athletes of all backgrounds

The lawsuits were dismissed after the inmates' attorneys and the DOC said improvements to inmate living conditions had been made

The two-time escapee committed aggravated robbery before stealing two cars and was taken into custody as he attempted to carjack a third car

Thomas Edwin Loden Jr., who claimed he was "deeply remorseful," was put to death by lethal injection

A judge found "ongoing unconstitutional conditions," including short staffing levels that allowed some inmates to assault others

Wendell M. France Sr., an experienced corrections administrator, has 120 days to draft a reform plan

The decree, which ordered the jail to improve its conditions, stemmed from a 2011 class action lawsuit

A death row inmate had sought a specialized DNA analysis in hopes it would exonerate him