Parchman Prison

Outgoing Mississippi Governor Says state faces ‘1,000 years of Darkness’ if Black Man Elected

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentFebruary 27, 2020

“I intend to work for @cindyhydesmith as if the fate of America depended on her single election,” Gov. Phil Bryant tweeted on January 2. “If Mike Espy and the liberal Democrats gain the Senate, we will take that first step into a thousand years of darkness.”

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Death Toll Rises While Outrage Boils Over Conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentFebruary 21, 2020

For some time, concerns about Parchman have rankled inmates, family members, and others, including hip-hop superstar Jay-Z who is suing the state demanding better conditions at the prison. Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, and others, have lobbied for officials to shut down the controversial prison. The conditions at Parchman, which once was a plantation that contained hundreds of slaves, were highlighted in January when cell phone video made its way to the internet displaying a cache of problems.