Kelvin Bowen
Kelvin Bowen, 35, was held at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman when he was stabbed with a sharp instrument in a hallway of a maximum security unit while on his way to see a case manager. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said he was pronounced dead at the prison hospital around 1 p.m. on June 11, 2013. Another man was questioned in the stabbing, and a correctional officer was hurt trying to separate the two men. The department's initial investigation found that the other man was not strip searched or restrained properly and that policy was not followed, and it promised disciplinary action once the investigation is complete.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says another inmate stabbed Kelvin Bowen in a maximum security hallway while he was on his way to see a case manager, and that the accused inmate was not searched or restrained properly, contrary to policy.
Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); Mississippi State Penitentiary officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.