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

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has announced he will close a unit within a troubled state prison that has dealt with a series of violent and deadly incidents in the past month.

In his first "State of the State" address Monday, Reeves called for the closure of Unit 29 at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman where multiple inmates have died, many of them reportedly due to violent fights.