The Oklahoma Department of Corrections (ODOC) announced plans to rename the Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility ...

It's been 10 years since two inmates escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, setting off a three-week manhunt for two convicted killers around and beyond a shaken North Country.

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A Clarion Ledger reporter recounts what it was like to witness Mississippi’s execution of Richard Jordan, who spent nearly 50 ...

The St. Charles man is accused of raping a woman he knew at the park. DNA evidence implicates the suspect, prosecutors allege ...

RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 45 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for the sexual abuse of a child. In April 2025, a … ...

MDOC data indicated that racial disparities exist on death row. Black residents make up 37.8% of Mississippi’s population, but 60% of all prisoners within the MDOC system.

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years, faces death this week.

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years, faces death this week.