PBS NewsHour

justice reform

A 40-foot net fence to prevent items from being thrown into the prison yard is seen outside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County in this undated handout picture provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Cellphones smuggled into prisons by corrupt guards, concealed in food containers or hurled over security fences are an increasing worry for law enforcement as prisoners use them to intimidate witnesses, direct drug deals and plan escapes. Photo by REUTERS/Mississippi Department of Corrections/Handout via Reuters

Nation Jan 02

4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week

By Jeff Amy, Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Obama set to commute dozens of nonviolent drug sentences, aides say

Aides say President Barack Obama is set to commute the sentences of dozens of nonviolent federal drug offenders in the coming weeks…

By Daniel Costa-Roberts

Support Provided By: Learn more

Educate your inbox

Subscribe to Here’s the Deal, our politics newsletter for analysis you won’t find anywhere else.

Saturday, Mar 6

Additional Support Provided By: