WALNUT GROVE, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Corrections closed Walnut Grove Correctional Facility today, a prison operated under contract with the state by the Management and Training ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The head of Mississippi's troubled prison system told lawmakers Thursday that the Department of Corrections intends to move some inmates out of a private prison and into a state-owned ...

The Walnut Grove Correctional Facility in Leake County closed today after years of allegations of sexual abuse, illicit drugs and physical abuse of inmates by correctional officers, which eventually ...

WALNUT GROVE, Mississippi -- Nine inmates suffered cuts and stab wounds during a fight at a privately run prison in central Mississippi, and the facility was on lockdown Friday, officials said. A ...

As the Mississippi Department of Corrections asks the Legislature for millions to repair Unit 29 at Parchman, a prison less than 150 miles down the road sits empty. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days ...

In this July 8, 2014 photograph, K-9 officer Blek, a two-year-old German Sheppard, and trainer/handler Sgt James Tunstall search for contraband around a storage area at the Marshall County ...

Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, formerly the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility, is a private prison operated by the Management and Training Corporation (MTC) on behalf of the Mississippi ...

WASHINGTON – While commending the Florida Atlantic University President Mary Jo Saunders for her decision to publicly discuss the school’s decision to sell the naming rights to its stadium to GEO ...

The Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility was once the most violent prison in Mississippi. This week, the Criminal podcast tells the story of how a juvenile detention center breathed life into a ...

Leake County High School is a public school located in Walnut Grove, MS, which is in a distant rural setting. The student population of Leake County High School is 296 and the school serves 7-12. At ...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Tuscolameta Creek At Walnut Grove. * WHEN...From late Friday night to early Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...At 25.0 feet ...