Following an investigation by Mississippi Today and The New York Times, State Auditor Shad White initiated an investigation Thursday and alerted federal prosecutors.

The jail currently remains under the control of the county. The Marshall Project - Jackson reached ... She will report on local criminal justice stories in Jackson, Mississippi, that go below the ...

The courts where our investigation found questionable no-knock search warrants included Monroe County, where sheriff’s ...

Jackson County has entered a new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), allowing local deputies to play a larger role in federal immigration enforcement—inside the jail.

Jackson County sheriff’s deputies have arrested two teens on murder and accessory charges in the shooting death of a 17 year old from Moss Point. Sheriff John Ledbetter said Michael Todd Ward Jr ...

They were identified as Kewane Latiker, 31, of Jackson, and Jeremy King, 33, of Biloxi. Sistrunk was booked into the Pearl River County Criminal Justice Facility as an inmate. Deputies said the ...