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 ...

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.

Relatives, fiancés and friends are upset about a new policy that would limit Mississippi inmates' visitation to immediate family. An Aug. 31 memo from the Mississippi Department of Corrections ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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] .

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.

State health officials are reporting 364 COVID-19 cases in Michigan Department of Corrections facilities and eight deaths.