Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious prisons. The University of Mississippi has introduced college-level classes to offer inmates some education, and teach them about the Blues.

Inmate/students practice blues harmonica during a classroom session of the Blues Tradition in American Literature course inside Parchman Prison in Mississippi. (John Burnett) Their crimes range from ...

The best-known version of the gospel song “I Give Myself Away,” by Pastor William McDowell, is an opulent display of religious praise. For more than nine minutes, backed by swelling instrumentation ...

A&E is premiering a new documentary looking to shine a light on human rights violations at the Mississippi State Penitentiary known as Parchman Farm. “Exposing Parchman” will premiere Saturday, June ...

Yo Gotti serves as an executive producer for the three-hour film. Team ROC, the social justice and philanthropic arm of Jay-Z’s Roc Nation agency, has been heavily involved in uncovering the inhumane ...

An effort By Sen. Juan Barnett, D-Heidelberg, to phase out Mississippi's 124-year-old Parchman prison was again killed this year before it could be debated on the Senate floor. On Wednesday, Barnett ...

In 1940, a blues musician named Bukka White recorded "Parchman Farm Blues" about the infamous prison labor farm in the Mississippi Delta. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "PARCHMAN FARM BLUES") WHITE: (Singing) ...

Their crimes range from drug possession to armed robbery to homicide. But inside this austere classroom, they're all college students. The course is The Blues Tradition in American Literature. They're ...

Mississippi's Parchman Farm was once one of the country's most notorious prisons. The University of Mississippi has introduced college-level... The blues returns to Mississippi's Parchman Prison Farm ...