He was the 12th inmate to die in MDOC custody. Rankin County Coroner David Ruth confirmed Wednesday that the deceased was 59-year-old Troy Pittman.

GULFPORT, MS (WLOX) - This has been a bad summer for the Mississippi Department of Corrections. In July 2018, two-time murder Michael Floyd Wilson escaped from the South Mississippi Correctional ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections wants the Legislature ... others being imprisoned for a long-running bribery and kickback scheme that prosecutors said tainted nearly $1 billion in MDOC ...

An investigation is underway after 16 inmates died in August while in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.The 16th death was announced Tuesday on MDOC’s website. Richard Beasley, ...

Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain confirmed the death in a news release. The man was identified as Juan Gonzalez. According to prison records, he was serving a four-year ...

According to MDOC’s website, the Security Threat Group Management Unit “mandated a zero-tolerance position in its efforts to reduce gang activity and assaults being committed in MDOC’s ...

Gross misspending revealed in MDOC audit By Margaret Baker. December 17, 2020 5:16 PM. ... Current MDOC Commissioner Burl Cain asked for the audit when he took over.

Trigg escaped from the Scott County Jail in 2017 while in MDOC custody there. Lici Beveridge is a reporter for the Hattiesburg American and Clarion Ledger . Contact her at [email protected] .

Fifteen inmates have died in August while in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.MDOC announced the latest death Friday.Earl King Davis, 55, was pronounced dead Thursday at ...

Judge Sul Ozerden sentenced coast businessman Robert Simmons to serve 87 months in prison and pay a $10,000 fine for his part in an MDOC bribery scandal.