U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate also fined a gray-haired and shackled Chris Epps, 56, $100,000 for running one of the largest and longest criminal conspiracies in the state's history.

2002 — Chris Epps is appointed Mississippi Department of Corrections commissioner. Nov. 2, 2007 — Epps signs a no-bid MDOC contract with G.T. Enterprises, a company owned by co-defendant Cecil ...

Former Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps' sentencing has been delayed indefinitely, according to federal court officials. Epps was scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday for ...

For years, Chris Epps ran the state of Mississippi’s prisons—now he calls prison home. The state’s former corrections commissioner is currently serving time at a federal prison in Texas for running ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Former Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps was a success story in Mississippi government until federal officials unveiled a lengthy indictment charging him with taking about ...

JACKSON, Mississippi -- Former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps, who resigned abruptly this week, has been charged with accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a ...

U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate revoked Christopher Epps’ bail on Nov. 4 after Epps was charged with stealing outdoor lights and a control box from the house he forfeited to the federal ...

Christopher Epps once called himself the "tallest hog at the trough," but he was cut down to size Wednesday when a judge sentenced Mississippi's former corrections commissioner to nearly 20 years ...

In a motion filed Tuesday, Christopher Epps asks U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate to release him until his May 24 sentencing. Wingate revoked Epps' bail Nov. 4 after Epps was charged with stealing ...

Chris Epps pleaded guilty to two counts of a 49-count federal indictment. He is scheduled to be sentenced in April. Epps' wife hadn't given up any of her rights to any of the property prior to the ...

A federal judge revoked Chris Epps’ bond Friday evening and said he will remain in jail until his sentencing date in May. A tearful Epps told a U.S. District Court judge Thursday that he made "a ...