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Mississippi’s incarceration rate is skyrocketing, rising more than 1,500 in less than six months.That population now exceeds 18,000 — the highest rate since April 2020. MDOC

MCIR: Mississippi now leads the world in mass incarceration
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,08/10/22-10:00AM, 113 Reads
Mississippi is now the world’s leader in putting people behind bars — more inmates per capita than any state or nation, including China, Russia and Iran, according to the World Population Review.
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Mississippi police chief linked to racist recording
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Wed,07/20/22-2:26PM, 681 Reads
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Emmett Till poses for a photo with his mother, Mamie, before his fateful trip to Mississippi. National Museum of African-American History and Culture

MCIR: Here’s the proof against Carolyn Bryant Donham in the Emmett Till case. Is it enough to convict her?
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Fri,07/15/22-5:34PM, 553 Reads
Carolyn Bryant’s secret memoir contains new proof she is lying about the night Till was killed, retired FBI agent says
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Amanda Hamilton can’t understand why her son , Shelby Wilson, was denied parole after he violated probation from his felony prescription drug conviction.Prison records show no rule violations, and her son resisted joining a gang. She found him a sober living house, a job and transportation. Brair Parker Ballou/MCIR

MCIR: Mississippi prison population back on rise, thanks to flurry of parole rejections
By JERRY MITCHELL - MISSISSIPPI CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Fri,05/20/22-1:06PM, 793 Reads

Gov. Tate Reeves signed legislation last year aimed at expanding parole eligibility, believing it could be a “net positive for Mississippi.”
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