*Mississippi’s state prisons have been rocked with gang warfare and killing.
Five inmates have died, three of slain at Parchman and two inmates escaped, according to the New York Times. One of them was reportedly captured Monday afternoon.
Viral videos and photos claim to show the horrors inside the prison, shot by inmates on smuggled cellphones.
Via NewsOne:
Damning video footage has surfaced in the aftermath of rioting and prison violence showing apparent inmates in Mississippi living in a reportedly condemned portion of the corrections facility replete with flooding, black mold and no beds for inmates.
One of the prisons affected was the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where the video footage was reportedly recorded.
The unit of Parchman was in 2010 described by the Jackson Clarion-Ledger as “a nightmare, if sworn testimony and a string of violent deaths is a reliable measure.”
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@KimKardashian you all for prison reform go down to Mississippi and help my people out pic.twitter.com/Uls7JbfF51
— Ashanti White (@whiteashanti18) January 4, 2020
“Prisoners [in Unit 32] were kept in isolation 23 hours a day, often behind full metal doors in stifling cells with broken lights, yet violence was common between inmates and guards and among the inmates themselves,” according to Solidarity Watch, a nonprofit group that monitors the treatment of prisoners kept in solitary confinement.
One photo shows how prisoners are allegedelly living in Unit 32.
“Four inmates have died and several have been injured at two state prisons and one regional during major disturbances since Sunday. One death occurred at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution, (SMCI) in Leakesville, two at the Mississippi State Penitentiary (MSP) at Parchman, and one at the Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility (CCRF) in Houston, Miss.,” a statement from the Mississippi Department of Correction released on Friday, said in part. “MDOC investigators have determined a fifth death and a minor fire, both at MSP, are unrelated to the major disturbances.”
We have obtained video that corroborates what we reported on Jan. 2nd in our original story on the website. We have been the only outlet to report that Inmates have been moved from unit 29 to Unit 32 – a unit that has been condemned for 10 years. They are sleeping on floors. pic.twitter.com/iyojXM0uRf
— Black With No Chaser (@BlackNoChaser) January 5, 2020
Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups have asked the Justice Department to open an investigation into the state’s prison system. In a 23-page letter, they noted that “Mississippi prison system is in a state of acute and undeniable crisis.”
In 2010 MDOC and the (ACLU) reached an agreement to close Unit 32.
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— Black With No Chaser (@BlackNoChaser) January 5, 2020
Inmates are being KILLED AT PARCHMAN PRISON IN MISSISSIPPI with the media saying they “escaped” during lockdown(MAX security) the prisoners are living in harsh conditions with leaking ceilings, black mold, erosion & being made to drink CONTAMINATED water while being abused pic.twitter.com/6RXkcnMDqE
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