Lawmaker will try again to reform Mississippi’s prison health care

In the wake of Mississippi Today reports of an amputation from a neglected broken bone, untreated hepatitis C and delayed ...
New Jersey Globe

Freedom Rider Byron Baer spent 34 years in the NJ legislature — and 45 days in a Mississippi prison

More than 60 years ago  a Freedom Rider named  Byron Baer, a longtime New Jersey legislator who was charged with attempting ...
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'A Bloodbath': 5 Dead as Gang Violence Rocks Mississippi Prisons

JACKSON, Miss. — Betty Turner dreaded what her son would face in the state penitentiary in Parchman, the Mississippi Delta prison that has, over the course of more than a century, earned a dark and ...
Gwcommonwealth.com

Creative work is ‘a form of freedom’ for prisoners

In the harsh and colorless confines of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, nine men hunkered down over an array of vibrant hues and used pencils, crayons, kindergarten scissors, cloth and ...