They've known about the issues at Parchman for years, and have done nothing to fix them.
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The Big Story
Wed. Jan 8, 2020
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Lawmakers Refused to Increase an Infamous Prison’s Funding. Then, Chaos Erupted.
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Understaffed and underfunded, Mississippi’s Parchman prison recently received media attention for its grisly violence, gang control and subhuman living conditions. However, lawmakers have known about these issues for years, and have done nothing to fix it.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
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More From This Investigation
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We Reported on Troubled Prisons. Now, Officials and a Gang Have a Shared Goal: Reform.
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Following our reporting, top Republicans and Democrats want to take a closer look at Mississippi’s prison system. Meanwhile, one gang says it has turned in more than 250 weapons to show it’s against violence.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
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Some of the Country’s Worst Prisons Have Escaped Justice Department Action
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Prisons in Alabama are so bad, the Department of Justice said they violate Eighth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment. We found prisons in Mississippi that may be even worse.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
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Inside The Prison Where Inmates Set Each Other On Fire and Gangs Have More Power Than Guards
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At South Mississippi Correctional Institution, inmates have been on perpetual lockdown for seven months and gangs enforce rules. With frequent beatings, burnings and escapes, the prison has become a violent tinderbox.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
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Trump Hailed This State’s Prison Reforms as a National Model — but the Numbers Reflect a Grim Reality
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When Mississippi lawmakers passed prison reform legislation in 2014, they pledged to devote some of the savings to drug rehabilitation, reentry programs and prison alternatives. That hasn’t happened.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
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Years Ago, I Investigated Mississippi’s Prisons. Here’s Why I’m Doing It Again.
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What began as a call from an inmate turned into a yearslong effort to chronicle corruption, gangs, violence and maltreatment inside Mississippi prisons.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
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