Over the weekend two more inmates died in prisons in Mississippi bringing the total number of deaths in 2020 to 12.
Officials with Management and Training Corporation, a Utah contractor that runs three prisons on behalf of the state of Mississippi said 38-year-old inmate Jermaine Tyler died in custody Saturday night at the Marshall County Correctional Facility. A spokesperson said there were no signs of foul play.
On Sunday, Parchman State Penitentiary announced the death of 26-year-old inmate Joshua Norman, who was found hanging in his one-man cell in the prison's Unit 29.
Gov. Tate Reeves said he recently visited Parchman, where nine prisoner deaths have taken place in the past month, some by hanging & some following altercations within the facility.
Reeves said Monday he has instructed the Mississippi Department of Corrections to shut down Unit 29, which he called "the most notorious unit."
More than two dozen inmates sued the state Jan. 14, saying understaffed prisons are “plagued by violence” & inmates are forced to live in decrepit & dangerous conditions. Entertainers Jay-Z & Yo Gotti are paying for the attorneys in the case, a spokesperson for the two confirmed. All of the plaintiffs have been inmates at Parchman.
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