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Six Former Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers Sentenced for Torturing and Abusing Two Black Men

Gov. Tate Reeves announced the public safety operation back in February.

Three Mississippi prisons, housing 7,200 people, are failing to protect inmates from widespread physical violence, in violation of their 8th and 14th Amendments, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Lexington must end its "two-tiered" system of justice, Justice Department official and U.S. attorney said.

The US Department of Justice says three Mississippi prisons are unsafe and unsanitary, according to a report released after a yearslong investigation.

A Neshoba County man has pleaded guilty in federal court to aggravated sexual abuse of a minor on the Choctaw Indian Reservation.

Approximately 40 people with connections to multiple states and Mexico were arrested Tuesday after a four-year federal investigation exposed multiple drug trafficking operations...

The man forced the woman into commercial sex acts and had all her teeth pulled by a non-dentist, officials said.

A federal jury in the Southern District of Mississippi has convicted a California man for transporting a female victim across the U.S. and into the Magnolia State for prostitution purposes. 54-year-old Michael Deon Fulcher is accused of using sexual assault, threats of violence, isolation, control, psychological manipulation, and emotional abuse...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice are speaking out following a series of fake bomb threats that were levied throughout Mississippi last week and over the weekend. Officials are asking the public to continue to report possible threats to law enforcement, despite the most recent ones...