Deceased Parchman inmate identified as Lowndes County man
A prisoner who died at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has been identified as a man convicted of statutory rape in Lowndes County more than 10 years ago.
Starkville man found dead in Parchman
A Starkville man serving an armed robbery sentence became the latest inmate to die in a Mississippi Department of Corrections facility.
Lowndes inmate dies from apparent suicide in cell
A Lowndes County Adult Detention Center inmate died in an apparent suicide Monday morning in his cell.
Family of murdered inmate asks for jail records
The family of an inmate at the Clay County Jail who was murdered by his cellmate has filed public records requests for documents related to their loved one’s death.
Clay inmate charged with killing fellow inmate
An inmate in the Clay County Jail has been arrested for allegedly killing another.
Coroner: Lowndes inmate apparently tried to hang himself in cell
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation agents are looking into two inmate deaths in Golden Triangle jails last week.
Alabama executes Muslim inmate who wanted imam present
A Muslim inmate who filed a legal challenge because Alabama wouldn’t let his Islamic spiritual adviser be present in the execution chamber was put to death Thursday after the nation’s highest court cleared the way.
Man dies in Lowndes County jail
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation and Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of an inmate at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center.
16 inmates die in Mississippi prison system in August
Sixteen inmates died in the Mississippi prison system in August.
Mississippi prison system has 14th inmate death in August
A 14th inmate this month has died in the Mississippi prison system.
Mississippi prison inmate dies in Pascagoula hospital
A 13th inmate has died in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections this month.
Officials seeking escaped prisoner
State authorities are searching for an escaped man convicted of robbery and burglaries in Choctaw and Oktibbeha counties.
Deceased inmate battled drug dependency for years
A Louisville man died at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center Monday night.
City further delays releasing body camera footage due to HIPAA concerns
Columbus officials are continuing to redact sensitive information from police officer body camera footage The Dispatch has requested and now plans to release it after the city council has a chance to view it at its Tuesday meeting.
CPD officer faces suspension for pointing Taser at shackled man
A Columbus police officer faces possible suspension for pointing a Taser at a shackled inmate in an emergency room examination area.
Thou shalt not smuggle: Woman hides drugs in inmate’s Bible
Today’s Bible lesson: It’s a bad idea to use the good book to smuggle drugs into jail.
Escaped Calhoun inmate nabbed in Mathiston
An Oktibbeha County man who escaped law enforcement custody in Calhoun County was found in Webster County on Friday.
Monroe Co. inmate found dead in cell
An inmate has been found dead in his cell at the Monroe County Detention Center.
Memo: Inmate transferred for writing letter to newspaper
A Department of Corrections memo shows an inmate was transferred to a separate unit inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman for writing a newspaper letter that criticized Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher.
Gray captured hours after Clay County escape
Starkville police officers, U.S. Marshals and Mississippi Department of Corrections officials apprehended an escaped Clay County inmate Saturday in Starkville, hours after he broke out of jail.