Massey’s new album, Been a Long, Long Time, is named for its lead-off cut. However, the title could also reflect the fact ...

The Mississippi House has passed a bill that would direct the state Department of Health to conduct a sweeping review of the medical care provided to prison inmates.

A nonprofit organization with a goal of teaching state inmates writing skills has released a book of art and writing by men ...

Even after DNA testing showed he wasn’t the suspect who killed the three women in the Boyd family, it still took years for ...

A pair of athletic shoes — among the most popular brands in the country — kick-started an investigation that would lead to ...

Justice Department attorney John Robinson said prison officials have “broad discretion” to decide where to place inmates. Moving the women to a men’s prison would jeopardize their safety and ...

Writing from Parchman Prison apart from other prison literature is the unprecedented access VOX PRESS has to Parchman’s inmates through its long-standing educational initiatives. Since 2002 ...

It's common courtesy for you to allow him to occupy the room solo." Also, he shared that in prison there are laundry inmates you can pay to do your laundry. He learnt from one of them to "make ...

Barnett said. The bill would have phased out Parchman's inmate population and employees to another prison while keeping death row, the hospital and some other services at Parchman. Committee ...

A bill to close Parchman Farm failed in the Senate for the second time. Plus, updates on Medicaid and ballot initiative efforts in the Legislature ...

VOX PRESS, a nonprofit literary publisher based in Oxford, Mississippi, has released Unit 29: Writing from Parchman Prison, an unprecedented collection of essays, poetry, and artwork created by ...