Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

"What was supposed to be one of the most sacred and happiest moments of my life was completely taken from me," an inmate who gave birth in prison told Newsweek.

Richard Gerald Jordan is sentenced to die by lethal injection later this month at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.

Most of the 23 states that still have an active death penalty allow a certain number of journalists to witness executions, as ...

Combs-Holbrook said that from 2000 to 2009, she followed procedure because she wanted to be a model inmate. She said that in 2009, an MDOC officer asked her to scoot to the edge of a chair, put ...

MADISON COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) – A Canton man pled guilty to possession of child pornography as a habitual offender. Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that ...

Historical data from the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) provides a glimpse of how Mississippi carried out the death penalty. Mississippi has the highest ...

The 6,000-square-foot chapel, which seats 175 people, is part of an ongoing project to build worship facilities at all MDOC institutions.A dedication program was held Monday.The facility's inmate band ...

PARCHMAN, Miss. — Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest-serving death-row inmate, requested chicken tenders, fries, strawberry ice cream and a root beer float for his last meal ahead of his ...

MDOC tightened its controls on electronic devices in state prisons after officials found inmates had tampered with some of the roughly 24,000 tablets. News Sports Autos Business Michigan Life ...

MDOC officials say Jordan’s last meal would consist of chicken tenders, French fries, strawberry ice cream and a root beer float. Jordan was the state's longest-serving and oldest death row inmate ...