Category Archives: Mississippi State Penitentiary

Sickness and Deaths

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Justice for Willie

Willie Manning’s prison, Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, is inspected annually; failures in safety and health obligations are then uncovered. Several times previously we have noted the problems at the prison.* This year is no different: an inspection in June … Continue reading →

Posted in Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning | Tagged August 2019, capital punishment, Cliff Johnson, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, health, MacArthur Justice Center, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, Ron Welch, safety, sanitation, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

Epps’ Last Chapter

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Justice for Willie

Christopher Epps was the Mississippi Corrections Commissioner for 12 of the 22 years that Willie Manning has spent on the state’s death row. Now Epps is facing his own lengthy incarceration – nearly 20 years of it – for taking $1.4 million … Continue reading →

Posted in Christopher Epps, corruption, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, USA, Willie Manning | Tagged bribery, Cecil McCrory, Chris Epps, Christopher Epps, corruption, Death Row, Dr. Carl Reddix, Fly Manning, Irb Benjamin, Judge Wingate, Mark Longoria, May 2017, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, prison contracts, Sam Waggoner, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

Multiple, Repeated Hygiene Breaches

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Justice for Willie

The kitchen that provides food for Willie Manning and other Unit 29 inmates in Parchman prison, Mississippi, was closed down from July 24 because of its multiple, repeated hygiene breaches. Among the violations reported were: -Cornbread baked on dirty racks. -Bread … Continue reading →

Posted in Death Row, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison conditions, USA, Willie Manning | Tagged African American, Death Row, Fly Manning, food hygiene, food safety, Injustice, Marshall Fisher, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner, Parchman, prison conditions, prison food, September 2016, torture, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

Mississippi Prisoners Malnourished

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Justice for Willie

According to the Mississippi Food Network, one in four Mississippians do not have enough to eat: many therefore use food pantries. Prisoners, however, have no access to these. And according to Margaret Winter, associate director of the ACLU National Prison Project, … Continue reading →

Posted in commissary, Death Row, Fly Manning, malnutrition, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison commissary, prison conditions, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged ACLU National Prison Project, capital punishment, commissary, death penalty, Death Row, December 2015, Fly Manning, malnutrition, Margaret Winter, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, prison commissary, prison conditions, prisoners' families, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Justice for Willie

Mississippi’s Attorney General, Jim Hood, who was so vociferously in favour of Willie Jerome Manning’s execution two years ago, is embroiled in a battle to suppress the identity of people involved in executions and of those providing drugs for lethal … Continue reading →

Posted in capital punishment, compounding pharmacies, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, execution drugs, executions, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, lethal injections, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, North America, Parchman, pharmaceutical companies, United States of America, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged 2015, American Pharmacists’ Association, April 2015, Brister Brothers, capital punishment, compounding pharmacies, death penalty, Death Row, executions, Fly Manning, Hinds County Chancery Court, House Bill 1305, International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, Jim Craig, Jim Hood, Judge Denise Owens, lethal injection drugs, Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Corrections, Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | 1 Comment

The Death Penalty: No Place in the Twenty-First Century

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Justice for Willie

The USA is in an increasingly isolated position in tolerating the death penalty: 117 countries last month voted for a global death penalty moratorium, with only 38, including the USA, voting against this. In its opposition America keeps strange company; … Continue reading →

Posted in American justice, capital defense lawyers, criminal justice, death penalty, Death Row, defense attorneys, family of executed, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, Martin Luther King, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, moratorium on death penalty, prison staff, US constitution, USA, USA constitution, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged 2015, capital defense attorneys, capital murder, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, executions, family of executed, Fly Manning, Injustice, innocence, January 2015, Martin Luther King, Mississippi, moratorium on death penalty, prison staff, United Nations, USA constitution, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

A Message from Willie

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Dear everyone I must have written you a hundred letters in my mind. Sometimes I just lay here and think of all the things I want to say – but for one reason or another – I always find it … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, capital punishment, criminal justice USA, death penalty, Death Row, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, post conviction review, prison conditions, solitary confinement, USA injustice, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2014, African American, capital punishment, death penalty, Death Row, December 2014, execution, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Oktibbeha County, Parchman, prison conditions, prisoners' mental health, solitary confinement, USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, wrongful conviction

Mississippi Hustle*

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Justice for Willie

Last month a bombshell was dropped in Mississippi: the resignation of the Corrections Commissioner, Christopher Epps, was swiftly followed by his arraignment on charges of accepting bribes of over $1m from a business man and former sheriff’s deputy, Cecil McCrory. … Continue reading →

Posted in America, Cecil McCrory, Christopher Epps, corruption, criminal justice, Death Row, FBI, Fly Manning, Injustice, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi State Penitentiary, no-bid contracts, prison conditions, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning Mississippi Death Row | Tagged 2014, AdminPros, Cecil McCrory, Christopher Epps, Death Row, December 2014, East Mississippi Correctional Facility, Fly Manning, GT Enterprises, Injustice, Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review, Keefe Commissary, Mississippi, Mississippi Corrections Commissioner, Mississippi Hustle, Mississippi State Penitentiary, prison conditions, Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

Wardens’ Bloodied Hands

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Justice for Willie

On October 14 Willie Manning took the next step in his quest for justice by filing his request for DNA and fingerprint testing in the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court. On the same day the Mississippi newspaper, the Clarion Ledger, published … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, African American injustice, capital murder, capital punishment, criminal justice system, death penalty, death penalty abolition, death penalty injustice, Death Row, Death Row Injustice, death row wardens, DNA testing, executions, fingerprint testing, Fly Manning, Injustice, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning | Tagged 2013, African American, capital murder, Death at Midnight: The Confession of an Executioner, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, death row wardens, DNA testing, Don Cabana, fingerprint testing, Fly Manning, Injustice, Innocent, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Manning, Mississippi, Mississippi State Penitentiary, October 2013, Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning

Al Jazeera Documentary

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Justice for Willie

Willie Jerome Manning is to be the subject of a documentary by Al Jazeera scheduled for broadcast later this year. In May, Al Jazeera sent a team to Mississippi to interview one of Willie’s attorneys and a local social activist, … Continue reading →

Posted in African American, Al Jazeera, American justice, ballistics testimony, capital murder, capital punishment, conviction, criminal justice system, death penalty, death penalty injustice, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, hair testimony, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, junk science, Manning, media bias, Mississippi, Mississippi judicial system, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Mississippi Supreme Court, no physical evidence, post-conviction DNA evidence, racial discrimination, racism, stacked jury, United States of America, USA, Willie Fly Manning, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary, wrongful convictions | Tagged 2013, Al Jazeera, ballistics testimony, capital murder, capital punishment USA, conviction, death penalty, Death Row, DNA testing, execution, Fly Manning, forensic hair testimony, Injustice, Jim Hood Attorney General, Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller, Manning, Mississippi, no physical evidence, October 2013, racism USA, Willie Jerome Manning, Willie Manning, Willie Manning documentary | 1 Comment

Category Archives: Mississippi State Penitentiary

Sickness and Deaths

Epps’ Last Chapter

Multiple, Repeated Hygiene Breaches

Mississippi Prisoners Malnourished

A Very Big Beast in Mississippi

The Death Penalty: No Place in the Twenty-First Century

A Message from Willie

Mississippi Hustle*

Wardens’ Bloodied Hands

Al Jazeera Documentary

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