This week in politics: Parchman Farm bill dies in 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 ...
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Senate committee kills second effort to shutter Mississippi’s 124-year-old prison
Senate Corrections Chairman Juan Barnett's effort to close Mississippi State Penitentiary has died for a second year.
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MISSISSIPPI: Shooter’s Chance
Under Mississippi’s earthy and antiquated penal system, the tougher and more ruthless a convict is, the better off he is. At the 16,000-acre Parchman Prison Farm such bad actors are used as ...
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Violence on the decline in MS prisons, but some say "inhumane" conditions still exist
They pointed to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, which has long been regarded as one of the nation’s worst prisons. The facility has been remodeled, and all the units except for ...