‘Back the Badge’ May Back Civilians into a Corner April 6, 2017 – Last month, Mississippi’s Republican governor signed a controversial new bill manufactured to empower state law enforcement, potentially setting the stage for new, harsher sentences for people …..
2016/06/12 – Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason told the crowd at a recent “Take A.C.T.I.O.N Jackson Community Meeting,” sponsored by the Jackson Branch NAACP, that he was moving forward with the creation of a new education program for youth offenders …..
2016/06/12 – The Mississippi ACLU is teaming up with local NAACP branches to convince the public to back a proposed Mississippi Civil Rights Act as well as other progressive issues. The group met in Tupelo last month and has been …..
2016/04/14 – County officials across Mississippi are warning of job losses and deep deficits as local jails are being deprived of the state inmates needed to keep them afloat. The culprit, say local officials, is state government and private prisons, …..
2016/02/22 – One Voice, along with State Representative Kabir Karriem (District 41), will host a town hall meeting entitled “Promises Unmet” to discuss the impact of the “War on Drugs” and mass incarceration in the Golden Triangle Area, in Columbus, …..
