"[C]ruel and unusual punishment."

"Plumbing issues, vermin infestations, feces-covered walls, and limited access to basic hygiene products, such as soap or tampons, are common complaints."

"I haven't had a shower in three to four weeks."
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Filth, dysfunction and extortion. "It's the wild, wild west in there," Tedrick Francois told me after spending time in Raymond Detention Center. People awaiting trial there sleep alongside mice, have limited access to laundry, and must pay to use a toilet. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/09/j...

The second autopsy on the body of Delta State University student Trey Reed has not been released, despite uncorroborated social media rumors currently circulating claiming it uncovered evidence of foul play.

Reed, who was Black, was found hanging from a tree on the campus in Cleveland last month.

Today, a receiver took over Hinds County's Raymond Detention Center. People detained there shared stories of being held in cells covered with mold and feces and sleeping on floors. At least 6 died there this year, including a murder & drug overdose. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/01/m...

Cuyahoga County officials never disclosed that Ms. Grant died as a result of being physically restrained by a deputy. The Marshall Project-Cleveland team broke the news last night. w/ @brittanyhailer.bsky.social & Doug Livingston. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/25/c...

🔍 Join us now in a Reddit AMA with The Marshall Project - Jackson's @dajaehenry.com and @mississippitoday.org's Mina Corpuz, who are discussing their investigation into Mississippi's deadly prisons where at least 43 people have been killed since 2015:

At 10 a.m., Mina and I will be answering questions about our investigation into homicides in Mississippi prisons. Join us here: www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

On her 200th birthday, Harper’s voice is as urgent now as it was centuries ago — and her vision lives on through The 19th’s HBCU fellowship and other efforts in her name.

Inside Mississippi’s Deadly Prisons: 42 killings, few answers — read the new investigative series
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“No one deserves to die like this."

At least *43* people have been killed in Mississippi prisons since 2015. Poor staffing, lax oversight and gangs who rule by violence make it easier for killings to go unchecked. Read more: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/11/m...

"At least 42 people have been killed inside Mississippi prisons in the past decade."

"In the first half of this year, there were five homicides."

"'[A]n unimaginable pain you all gave me. This grief will last forever,' one victim's mother wrote."
#Mississippi #USA #Healthcare #Incarceration

"When Semiko Crump arrived at Raymond Detention Center in December 2023, she said officers threw her 'in the hole.' Crump estimates she was in the dark, single-person cell for a few hours, writhing in pain from a broken foot."

Reporting by @dajaehenry.com @themarshallproject.org.

Police killed Phillip Gibbs, 21, and James Earl Green, 17, & wounded several others #OTD in 1970 at Jackson State & got away with it. 55 years later, the DOJ is investigating, but turmoil at the dept. could threaten what may be a last attempt at justice. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/14/j...

The shooting is being investigated under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act, passed in 2008. So far, the DOJ has looked into the deaths of 162 people who allegedly died in racially motivated killings. 56 of those people died in Mississippi in the 1950s-1970s.

Police killed Phillip Gibbs, 21, and James Earl Green, 17, & wounded several others #OTD in 1970 at Jackson State & got away with it. 55 years later, the DOJ is investigating, but turmoil at the dept. could threaten what may be a last attempt at justice. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/14/j...

Fantastic explainer/Q&A from @dajaehenry.com feat. @stroud.bsky.social on the prospect of a federal receivership (what's that?—read the story!) at the Hinds County jail in Jackson, Mississippi. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/03/26/h...

For a 1-on-1 explainer, I spoke w/ @themarshallproject.org's @dajaehenry.com about a historic court takeover of the Hinds County MS Jail. The jail is so unconstitutional that Judge Carlton Reeves called it "a place where terror reigns." www.themarshallproject.org/2025/03/26/h...

A court-appointed receiver will take over Hinds County's long-embattled Raymond Detention Center, where 7 people died in 2021. What is a receiver? What will he do? How did we get here? These Qs and more answered in my latest for @themarshallproject.org: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/03/26/h...

During a 2015 no-knock drug raid in rural northeast Mississippi, sheriff’s deputies shot and killed 57-year-old Ricky Keeton after he came to the door with an air pistol as SWAT team members forced their way into his trailer home at 1 a.m.

Louisiana yesterday put a man to death w/ nitrogen, a first for the state

The state strapped Jessie Hoffman Jr. to a gurney, covered his nose & mouth w/ a mask & pumped nitrogen into his lungs for 19 mins until he suffocated

The state said the execution was "flawless."
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When Trump entered office, 12 police agencies were either under investigation for or found to have committed to civil rights violations under the Biden administration.

@themarshallproject.org breaks down the state of reform under an administration backing away from federal oversight.

Pictured: Chief Justice Mike Randolph (left) with the three new judges: Stanley Alexander and James Holland will serve as full-time judges, while Chris Collins (right) will support the court part-time.

Monday is opening day for the controversial CCID court here in Jackson. Today, I’m here at the opening ceremony, where Chief Justice Mike Randolph will announced the appointed judges.