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Autopsies set after deaths of Mississippi inmates

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Coronavirus outbreak identified at Mississippi prison

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This photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows John Travis Ross. Ross is one of two people arrested in connection with flying a drone carrying marijuana, cigarette lighters and other contraband over the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, in Pearl, Miss., in an effort to smuggle the items to friends in the facility. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP)

Contraband-laden drone snags in prison net; 2 arrested

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4 Mississippi inmates die in hospitals, another ID released

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Mississippi alters probation check-in because of virus

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FILE - This is a July 12, 2002 file photo of the entrance to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Miss. The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the Mississippi prison system after a string of inmate deaths in the past few months, officials said Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio Solis, File)

1 of 2 inmates who died recently at Mississippi prison ID’d

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Correction: Mississippi-Prison Lockdown story

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Mississippi inmate’s death last week was 76th in 2018

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Man convicted of murder escapes jail in north Mississippi

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This is a Feb. 18, 2014 photo released by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Michael F. Wilson, a convicted murderer who had escaped South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville, Miss., earlier this month. Greene County Herald newspaper publisher Russell Turner says he unwittingly gave a car ride to Wilson, July 5, 2018, after he had just escaped from the state prison near his Leakesville home. Wilson was recaptured two days later in Ocean Springs. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP)

Mississippi prison system: Short staffing affects safety

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Governor vetoes change in parole supervision fees

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Search on for inmate who failed to return from weekend pass

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FILE - This Aug. 27, 2014 file photo shows Tracy Lynn Garner during her trial in Jackson, Miss. Garner was convicted of depraved heart murder in connection to illicit silicone buttocks injections that led to a Georgia woman's death. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a statement Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, that Garner died Sunday. Depraved heart murder is a killing caused by reckless disregard for human life. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Inmate convicted of giving fatal buttocks injection dies

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FILE - This Aug. 27, 2014 file photo shows Tracy Lynn Garner during her trial in Jackson, Miss. Garner was convicted of depraved heart murder in connection to illicit silicone buttocks injections that led to a Georgia woman's death. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a statement Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, that Garner died Sunday. Depraved heart murder is a killing caused by reckless disregard for human life. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Mississippi inmate in buttocks injection killing has died

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Official says hunger strike over at south Mississippi prison

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press

State probes complaint alleging misuse of inmates

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Officials: Seized cellphones being put to good use

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New lawsuit challenges Mississippi execution drugs

By JACK ELLIOTT JR. - Associated Press

Corrections Department leases new office space

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Miss. inmate sues over execution drug info

By JEFF AMY - Associated Press