How MDOC has fared under Tate Reeves and Burl Cain
Mississippi Today's two-month probe into MDOC since Burl Cain became corrections commissioner found some gain but more work to be done.
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Mississippi Today's two-month probe into MDOC since Burl Cain became corrections commissioner found some gain but more work to be done.
Yousef Bozorgnia, Sharon Dolovich and Aaron Littman will receive Public Impact Research Awards at a June 2 ceremony.
In six states, the rate of deaths in prisons doubled between 2019 and 2020.
The Behind Bars Data Project’s database improves on discontinued efforts by the federal government to report this information.
Thousands of deaths in jails, prisons, and police custody have gone uncounted in recent years. Now the DOJ is calling for changes to a federal law.