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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Jackson, Mississippi, faces a significant ... "I have a conversation with the Hinds County Sheriff all the time. I think in one of the last conversations we had, he said we had over 800 people in jail ...