Inmate tries to hang himself at troubled Mississippi prison, attorney says.
FILE - In this July 21, 2010, photo, employees leave the front gate of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss. An inmate at the Mississippi prison that was a focus of recent deadly unrest was found hanging in his cell by two corrections officers over the weekend and pronounced dead, a coroner said Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.
Austin wrote that he was inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman to interview inmates Friday when the incident occurred. The Associated Press on Saturday sent questions about the inmate's condition to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Spokeswoman Grace Simmons Fisher responded that the department is “investigating those statements” by Austin.
Austin also wrote in papers filed Saturday that he saw Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch at Parchman on Friday with about 20 people, including armed state troopers. He said they went into Unit 29, an area where much of the violence has occurred.
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