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2021 Winner, Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting

Mississippi’s Dangerous and Dysfunctional Penal System

Joseph Neff, Alysia Santo, Anna Wolfe, and Michelle Liu, The Marshall Project, Mississippi Today, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, Jackson Clarion-Ledger, USA TODAY Network

Mississippi has America’s most dangerous and antiquated penal system – The Marshall Project and Mississippi Today uncovered why.

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