This article is part of “Lost Rites,” a series on America’s failed death notification system. Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have adopted a policy outlining how officers notify families when a loved ...

The issue of death notifications — or lack thereof — by the Jackson Police Department has made national headlines in recent months after multiple families said the department never reached out to them ...

A Mississippi coroner's office under fire for burying people in pauper's graves without their families' knowledge has released a policy on death notifications that is unsigned and undated, making it ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that the statute of limitations for claiming compensation cannot be considered to have started before the bereaved family of a soldier killed during the Korean War receives ...

In a bipartisan push for federal prison reform, U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff announced the introduction of a new bill related to ...

Police in Jackson, Mississippi, have adopted a policy outlining how officers notify families when a loved one has died. These guidelines are common in American law enforcement, but Jackson did not ...