Mississippi

Jebarious Neal, 27, of Hazlehurst, who's in the Jefferson/Franklin County Correctional Facility in Fayette, is charged with false pretense

Attorney argued that the information must be disclosed under Public Records Act since taxpayer money is used to buy the drugs

Seven people have sued Mississippi's capital city, saying its municipal court illegally jailed them because they couldn't pay court fines

The state Health Department issued a boil-water alert for the prison on Monday, Sept. 28, after intestinal bacteria were found in a drinking water sample

The prisoners allege EMCF is plagued by violence against prisoners by fellow inmates and officers, and that it’s dark and filthy, especially in solitary confinement

The Lowndes County Adult Detention Center is planning on installing kiosks that will allow inmates to send emails and receive digital photos

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate issued a temporary restraining order saying Mississippi officials cannot use pentobarbital or midazolam

Prosecutors said they have charged Irb Benjamin, a former state senator, and Sam Waggoner, the nephew of a former state transportation commissioner

Richard Gerald Jordan was convicted in the 1976 kidnapping and killing of a Gulfport banker's wife

Probation and parole agents, previously called field officers, now must undergo quarterly firearms training rather than annually

Hinds County Sheriff's Office says the remaining inmates are 25-year-old Montreal Damon Anderson and 23-year-old John Rollins