Died in prison
Name not reported
One of three people held at Parchman, the Mississippi state penitentiary, who were killed during a week of gang violence and riots across the state's prisons, according to a New York Times report published January 9, 2020. The report describes the wider wave of violence as leaving five people dead, and says the state locked down its roughly 19,000 people in custody in response.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The article reports that three people held at Parchman were slain during a week of gang violence and riots across Mississippi's state prisons, with the state locking down its roughly 19,000 inmates in response.
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