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Willie Wallace

25 years old · died February 17, 2015 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi

Willie Wallace, 25, died on February 17, 2015, at the prison hospital emergency room at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, after he was involved in a fight with another person held in Unit 29. The Mississippi Department of Corrections is investigating the death, and autopsy results were still pending when the report was published. The department's claimed cause is tied to the fight, but the manner of death has not been determined.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says he died after a fight with another inmate, with autopsy results pending.

Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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