‘Catastrophic Failures’: Why Dozens of Killings In Mississippi Prisons Go Unanswered – Jackson Advocate

‘Catastrophic Failures’: Why Dozens of Killings In Mississippi Prisons Go Unanswered – Jackson Advocate

This article is part of the “Dying Behind Bars” series. At least 42 people have been killed inside Mississippi prisons in the past decade, leaving scores of grieving families questioning a system that fails to protect people in its custody or hold anyone accountable. There are sisters wracked with guilt, mothers with depression, and children struggling to fill the voids in their lives. Former prison employees talk about lying sleepless in bed, r…