Terrandance Dobbins
Terrandance Dobbins, 40, was held at South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Greene County, Mississippi, when he died on Sunday, December 29, 2019, during a major disturbance at the prison. His sister, Candice Dobbins, said she had been trying to get him transferred because he felt unsafe there, and she learned of his death from a stranger. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said an autopsy would determine how he died, and two other people were injured in the same incident. Officials linked the violence to a statewide lockdown but had not said what was driving it, and the cause of death remains pending.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody (neglect alleged). Multiple accounts say he was killed during a major disturbance at the prison, and his sister told reporters she had been trying to get him transferred because he felt unsafe there.
Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); his sister; news reports.
News reports (12)
- Mississippi prisons on statewide lockdown after inmate killed
- All Mississippi prisons on lockdown after inmate is killed - WDAM-TV
- Inmates killed in fights at 3 Mississippi prisons this week
- 4th Mississippi inmate dies from prison violence in a week
- Fourth Death in Mississippi Prisons; Judge Says Other Prison OK
- State inmates on lockdown at Stone County jail following deadly violence in Miss. prisons
- 5 People Have Been Killed in Mississippi Prisons This Week
- Mississippi Prison Deaths Follow Warnings of Meager Funding, Shortages
- 5th inmate dead since Sunday following multiple riots in Miss. prisons, according to MDOC
- Inmate killed in fight at Parchman
- Mississippi prison chief says 4 of 5 killings done by gangs
- Inmates feared to have escaped after deadly riots at prison