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Press Releases

Title	Release Date
2019
MDOC Hosts the 2019 Re-entry Symposium	6/19/2019
MDOC Offers More Housing for Re-entry	5/6/2019
New State Law Combats Contraband Cellphone Usage	4/25/2019
Major Shakedowns Continue to Keep Out Contraband	4/19/2019
MDOC Provides Financial Boot Camp for Parolees	4/17/2019
MDOC Conducting Interviews for Correctional Officers	4/17/2019
SMCI Tests Mass Notification System	4/10/2019
Hall Supports Federal Cellphone Jamming Legislation	4/5/2019
Commissioner Hall Supports Federal Cellphone Jamming Legislation	4/5/2019
State Inmate Charles Willis Back in Custody	4/3/2019
WANTED ESCAPEE - State Inmate Charles Willis	3/29/2019
New MDOC COs to Receive Starting Pay Increase	3/15/2019
3 Caught Attempting to Smuggle Controlled Substances	2/26/2019
MDOC Holds Mock Job Fairs for Pre-Release Participants	2/7/2019
Couple Arrested; Contraband and Gun Seized at MSP	1/28/2019
SMCI Staffing Crisis Prompts Lockdown and Visitation Cancellation	1/25/2019
2018
Special Visitation for 300-Plus at CMCF	12/28/2018
New Warden for Private Prisons and Regional Jails	12/20/2018
Re-entry Services Expanding to Six Northern Counties	12/3/2018
MEDIA ADVISORY: Thinking for a Change Probationers Graduate	12/3/2018
P and P Agents Provide for Needy via Outreach Projects	11/21/2018
Lockdown Ended for Remaining Facilities	11/19/2018
Commissioner Hall Statement on Gov. Bryant's Budget Recommendations	11/16/2018
Transition Program Prepares Incarcerated Women for Freedom	11/15/2018
CMCF Incarcerated Vets Train Dogs in Service Program	11/9/2018
Program Offers College Credit For Those Behind Bars	11/2/2018
Miss Mississippi Extends Letter Writing Programs	10/4/2018
MDOC is Recruiting at Mississippi State Fair	10/4/2018
Commissioner Hall Announces More Changes at SMCI	9/14/2018
Public Officials Tour Reopened Delta Correctional Facility	9/10/2018
More Than 200 Moved Ahead of Tropical storm	9/4/2018
MDOC Requests Assistance On Inmate Deaths	8/31/2018
Commissioner Hall’s Statement on Deaths in Custody	8/28/2018
Coahoma County Jail Escapee in Custody	8/24/2018
State Inmate Escapes Coahoma County Jail	8/23/2018
Commissioner Hall’s Statement on Deaths in MDOC’s Custody	8/21/2018
Man Serving 14 Years Dies in Prison	8/17/2018
Probationer Nichols Back in Custody	8/17/2018
Corrections Veteran Given New Role at MDOC	8/15/2018
Acting New Leader at South Mississippi Prison	8/14/2018
4-Year Correctional Officer Arrested at CMCF	8/9/2018
MDOC Investigating Inmate Deaths at State Prisons	8/6/2018
Inmate Serving Four Sentences Dies in Prison	7/31/2018
Search Ends for Probationer Wanted in Holmes County	7/26/2018
Inmate Once on FBI’s Most Wanted List Dies	7/26/2018
MDOC’s Statement on the Recent Escape at SMCI	7/25/2018
Parchman Recovering from Major Storm Damage	7/25/2018
Probationer Wanted for Questioning in Holmes Co. Homicide	7/25/2018
Search Continues for State Inmate Escapee	7/19/2018
Escaped State Inmate Captured in Crystal Springs	7/19/2018
HHCRCF Contraband Seizure a Concern to Commissioner	7/12/2018
Agents Recovering after Motor Vehicle Accident	7/12/2018
State Inmate Captured in Ocean Springs	7/7/2018
Reward Offered in Search for Escaped Inmate	7/7/2018
MDOC Continues Search for Escaped Inmate	7/6/2018
MDOC Searching for Escaped Inmate	7/5/2018
Small Amounts of Contraband Seized Proves Vigilance a Must	6/29/2018
Special Family Visit Allowed Saturday at CMCF	6/29/2018
MDOC Harvests 20,000 Pounds of Blueberries	6/22/2018
CMCF Inmates Preparing for Release Attend Resource Fair	6/15/2018
3,000 Bags of Trash Removed in Anti-Litter Campaign	6/4/2018
Governor's Order Under Contracting Reform Fulfilled	6/1/2018
2018 Re-Entry Symposium	6/1/2018
MDOC Investigating Inmate Death at SMCI	5/30/2018
Parchman Inmates in Faith-Based Program Awarded Ministry Degrees	5/29/2018
Graduates Credit Thinking For A Change Program	5/14/2018
Man Convicted in Meridian 1980s Rape Cases Dies	5/11/2018
Lockdown Further Lifted Effective Today	5/4/2018
Flowood CWC Inmates Benefit from Dance Program	5/4/2018
Inmate Serving Life for'87 Kidnapping and Murder Dies	5/3/2018
Commissioner Hall- Contraband Amount Unexpected During Parchman Shakedown	5/1/2018
MDOC Reducing Inmates at Regional Facilities	4/19/2018
Nearly 8000 Pounds of Tomatoes Harvested at Parchman	4/18/2018
Flags Lowered to Honor First Lady Barbara Bush	4/18/2018
State Escapee Captured in Alabama	4/13/2018
State Inmate Escapes During Work Detail in Macon	4/11/2018
MDOC Investigating Deaths of Two Parchman Inmates	4/2/2018
Officials Celebrate Graduation of First Pilot Program Class	3/30/2018
Less Contraband Found at WCCF One Year Later	3/23/2018
Correctional Officer Trainee Caught with Contraband at Parchman	3/21/2018
SMCI Officer Charged under Operation Zero Tolerance	3/16/2018
Pilot Re-Entry Program Launched in Mississippi Prison System	3/15/2018
Inmate Serving 82 years Dies in Prison	3/14/2018
Second Search Completes Major Shakedown at SMCI	3/10/2018
MDOC Adds New Corrections Officers to Ranks	3/10/2018
Man Convicted in 1981 Slaying of State Trooper Dies	3/3/2018
MDOC Prison Phone Calls Now More Affordable	3/2/2018
Family Members Visiting CMCF Inmates Receive Free Eye Exams	2/23/2018
MDPS and MDOC Joint Statement on Gang Threat Assessment Data	2/21/2018
MDOC Employees to Donate Blood for Brain Cancer Patient	2/19/2018
Two SMCI Officers Arrested in First 2018 Operation Zero Tolerance Shakedown	2/14/2018
MDOC to Reopen Delta Correctional Facility and Consolidate TVC Program	2/9/2018
Escaped State Inmate Eugene Robinson in Custody	2/7/2018
Crime Stoppers Reward Offered in Finding State Inmate Eugene Robinson	2/5/2018
MDOC Calling on Businesses to Help Find Jobs for Ex-Offenders	2/2/2018
Woman Convicted in Silicone Injection Case Dies	1/15/2018
Man Convicted for Role in 1964 Civil Rights Slayings Dies in Prison	1/12/2018
2017
CMCF Holds Second Mom's Day for Incarcerated Moms and Grandmothers	12/29/2017
Year Ends with Shakedown of Parchman's Largest Unit	12/29/2017
MDOC Employees and Offenders Extend Spirit of Giving	12/22/2017

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