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Former MDOC Employees Face 10 Years for Alleged Inmate Beating; Cross-Burner Pleads Guilty

Two Mississippi Department of Corrections workers in 2019 allegedly beat an inmate at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl. They are now facing charges in federal court.

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Kayode Crown December 5, 2022
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Auditor Claims State Paid ‘Ghost Workers’ at Privately Run Prison, Demands $2 Million Back

Mississippi paid “ghost workers” at a private company running the State-owned Marshall County Correctional Facility, Holly Springs, Miss., between 2017 and 2020, the Mississippi state auditor says.

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Kayode Crown November 15, 2022
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‘Severe, Systemic’: U.S. Civil Rights Division Finds ‘Constitutional Violations’ at Parchman

United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division released a 60-page report on April 20, 2022, after two years of investigating the operations of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

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Kayode Crown April 21, 2022
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From Depots to Cities: Train Enthusiasts Share Mississippi’s Deep-Rooted Railroad History

In Mississippi, a number of cities owe their very existence to railways, with towns growing up around outposts that originally began only to serve the trains and rail workers, leading to the rail lines attracting industry rather than the other way around.

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Dustin Cardon March 25, 2022

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