Mississippi

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

Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher says in a news release that MDOC will request information from the Mississippi Department of Transportation where inmates are needed for litter control

Harold Bush Walbey, 47, was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison

Government officials say DOC is reneging on commitment to pay for prisons counties built to house state inmates

A recent check shows 6,001 state inmates are classified as members of a security-threat group or gang

Counties will lose millions in labor and funding, according to a prisoners' rights attorney

Attorney general's office opposed request, saying trial judge properly handled capital murder case against Erik Wayne Hollie

The change is effective immediately and will affect 11 sex offenders

Lockdowns put in place during a department-wide contraband sweep in the Mississippi Department of Corrections have been lifted

Claims that many of the assets Epps agreed to give up in his plea deal were purchased with her earnings