When Mississippi officials informed Mary Anderson that her uncle had died in prison, they told her he had suffered a heart attack.
But now the FBI is investigating the 2025 death of Melvin Cancer at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility as a homicide, and the guards as alleged perpetrators.
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Melvin Cancer was killed by guards beating him inside the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, a new report shows.
An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.
An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.
The military has been used domestically about 30 times since 1807, mostly to enforce civil rights and quell riots. Can they be used to quash political protests?
Denise Short, 21, pleaded for help. Instead, she was sent to solitary confinement, where she died by suicide.
Despite a legion of evidence of its harms, solitary confinement was the common factor in nearly 75% of suicides in Mississippi prisons since 2015.
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After 20 years in solitary confinement and an overturned death sentence, Quintez Hodges died by hanging in 2021.
“This is not a fucking suicide. They were killing this man," Joesph Patri Brown told me from death row.
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After 20 years in solitary confinement and an overturned death sentence, Quintez Hodges died by hanging in 2021.
“This is not a fucking suicide. They were killing this man," Joesph Patri Brown told me from death row.
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This could be a big step in Mississippi following great work by @calebbedillion.bsky.social @dajaehenry.com
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Mississippi prison officials told Mary Anderson her uncle died of a heart attack while incarcerated. A year later, the FBI is investigating his death as a homicide. He was reportedly beaten to death by prison guards. My latest for @themarshallproject.org
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An investigation found there were at least 47 suicides in solitary confinement in Mississippi, where cries for mental health care were met with isolation and punishment.
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In 1962, JFK used the Insurrection Act — an emergency power typically used to uphold civil rights & stop violent uprisings — to end a White supremacist uprising at Ole Miss. Years later, Trump wanted to use it differently, unleashing troops on Minnesotans.
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The military has been used domestically about 30 times since 1807, mostly to enforce civil rights and quell riots. Can they be used to quash political protests?
