- A Mississippi inmate was found dead in his one-man cell, the corrections department said Sunday, the latest fatality in the state’s troubled prison system. Joshua Norman, 26, was found hanging in his cell at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, according to a news release from the Mississippi Department of Corrections. At least 11 inmates have died in the state’s prisons since late December, most of them in outbursts of violence. Most of the deaths occurred at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. “The situation at Parchman is an ongoing and lethal humanitarian crisis,“ Marcy Croft, an attorney representing Parchman inmates, said in a news release.

Source: thestar January 27, 2020 00:00 UTC