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"Second look" laws to help reduce prison time are gaining traction across the country but Mississippi is not following suit. A new report examinee policies in a dozen states which allow judges, rather than parole boards, to reconsider sentences. Mississippi lacks a "second chance" law but does provide an earlier parole option for older incarcerated individuals. ...

The U.S. Justice Department is launching an investigation into reports of physical and sexual abuse at Kentucky's eight youth detention centers - along with inappropriate use of isolation, and lack of access to adequate mental health care, and services for children with disabilities. U.S. ...

A North Carolina Senate committee has advanced a bill that could make it illegal again to wear a mask in public with exceptions including for the Ku Klux Klan.

The North Carolina senate gave preliminary approval to a bill that would make it illegal again to wear a mask in public, but Democratic state Sen. Sydney

Watch the ABC11 town hall conversation 'The Silent Struggle' at 7 p.m. Wednesday on the North Carolina streaming app.