Daja E. Henry

The Marshall Project - Jackson and Mississippi Today asked the candidates to explain why people should vote for them. Here’s who responded.

We profiled candidates for two state Supreme Court seats and other courts, and asked each to tell you in their own words why they should be elected.

Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba vow to fight federal corruption charges and not step down.

When death and violence plagued the jail, the federal courts stepped in. We talked with an expert about what to expect from a receivership.

The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act made way for investigations of racially motivated killings. The federal agency enforcing it is in disarray.

After a decade-long court battle, receiver Wendell M. France takes the reins.

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

A lawsuit claims the prison food company is cutting institutional meals to force incarcerated people to purchase costly food from the same vendor.

Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

Melvin Cancer was killed by guards beating him inside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, a new report shows.