A History of Parchman Prison and a Call for Reform / By: Kyle Hamrick, Editor in Chief
According to an article in the Jackson newspaper, the Clarion Ledger, dated Feb. 2, at least 14 inmates have been found dead in Mississippi prisons since late December 2019. Most of these wrongful deaths, the article continued, occurred at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, better known as Parchman Farm. The article revealed the prison’s long difficulty maintaining the
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