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A weapon was found earlier in the week after threats had been made to assault the facility's "smallest female" CO
"Gross understaffing," "uncontrolled gang activity," and inmates having "unfettered access to contraband" were among the DOJ's findings
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"It's just a very bad mess," said a court-appointed monitor
Staffing shortages are so severe at the facility that gangs and "inmate committees" control many aspects of life
The staff members waited more than a day to tell MDOC he was missing
The federal government is asking for a court-appointed receiver to take over the jail due to unsafe conditions
The sheriff says he is working on a plan to hire more detention officers
Jail staff immediately noticed “irregularities” with the request
Three Mississippi two-year colleges are part of a $375,000 grant supporting humanities courses being taught in prisons
Gov. Tate Reeves said closing Parchman's Unit 29 is a way to 'turn the page' on the longstanding problems plaguing the prison
"I seek to be executed as I do here, this day, stand on death row a guilty man worthy of death — please grant me this plea," inmate David Cox wrote
In the less than four months the service has been operational, inmates have had more than 13,000 visits -- four times the number of in-person visits in the last year
A portion of I-94 in Jackson County will be renamed after COs Jack Budd and Josephine McCallum, slain in the line of duty in 1987
Former Sen. Irb Benjamin said Christopher Epps threatened to supply the minimum number of inmates required under contract, causing the counties to lose money on the projects
Jebarious Neal, 27, of Hazlehurst, who's in the Jefferson/Franklin County Correctional Facility in Fayette, is charged with false pretense
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