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Rallygoers at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss. carry signs protesting conditions in prisons where inmates have been killed in violent clashes in recent weeks.

'We Can Do Better.' Mississippi Governor Orders Closure of State Prison's Ward After String of Deaths

Gov. Reeves called for the closure of Unit 29 at the Mississippi State Peni...

Gov. Reeves called for the closure of Unit 29 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where multiple inmates have died, many of them a result of violent fights

In this July 21, 2010 photo, employees leave the front gate of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss.

2 Inmates Killed in Mississippi Prison That Continues to Struggle With Deadly Violence

Three additional inmates also recently died at Mississippi State Penitentia...

Three additional inmates also recently died at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman

Inmates at Louisiana State Prison in Angola, La., march down a dusty trail on May 30, 1977, en route to working in the fields.

The True History of America's Private Prison Industry

Before founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion priv...

Before founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion private prison corporation now known as CoreCivic, Terrell Don Hutto ran a cotton plantation the size of Manhattan. There, mostly black convicts were forced to...

There’s a War on Books in Prisons

These are today's best ideas

Picture of Alcatraz prison, after the June 1962 escape.

Alleged Letter From Alcatraz Prisoner Suggests Inmates Survived 1962 Escape

The letter claims to be from John Anglin, one of three men who escaped in 1...

The letter claims to be from John Anglin, one of three men who escaped in 1962

Aaron Hernandez sits in the courtroom of the Attleboro District Court during his hearing on Aug. 22, 2013 in North Attleboro, MA.

Disgraced Former NFL Star Aaron Hernandez Found Dead in Prison Cell

He was acquitted in a double murder trial days earlier

Death-row inmates Bruce Earl Ward, left, and Don William Davis.

Arkansas Executions: What's Next for the Inmates Who Were Scheduled to Die

Three executions stall, but 5 others may go forward