A detention officer had a portion of her face bitten off by a female inmate at the Rankin County Adult Detention Center, ...

Former inmates and guards said the violence at the Rankin County jail created a culture of fear and was widely accepted by officials as a way of keeping order, an investigation by Mississippi Today ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Chris Mack has been locked up in Mississippi’s Rankin County Jail on and off since he ...

BRANDON, Miss. (WTVA) — An inmate allegedly bit off a portion of a jailer’s eyebrow in central Mississippi. The attack ...

The newly appointed federal receiver has asked the county’s district attorney to move more cases, while the DA has asked the ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections opened its newest chapel for inmates.The white church features a tall steeple with a cross perched on top at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in ...

The MS Bureau of Investigations is handling the case due to Weeks’ death in custody.

The detention officer has been treated at a local hospital and received multiple stitches.