TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi authorities gained control of a privately owned prison on Monday after a twelve-hour riot in which one guard was killed and several other guards and inmates were wounded, prison officials said. full story ![]()
An inmate charged with participating in a prison riot in Mississippi has been identified as the first person to attack a guard who was beaten to death, federal court records said.
clarionledger.com (3 months ago)
An inmate pleaded guilty Tuesday to participating in a deadly riot at a prison for illegal immigrants in Mississippi, authorities said.
clarionledger.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

An attorney has asked to delay the trial of an inmate accused of participating in a deadly prison riot last year in Mississippi.
djournal.com (18 days ago)
Chilean authorities regained control on Saturday of the Antofagasta prison where a group of inmates started a riot that included at least one hostage and clashes between police and family members outside the facility.
palmbeachpost.com (3 months and 12 days ago)
The family of a guard killed during a prison riot in Mississippi has filed a federal lawsuit that says inadequate staffing and poor treatment created a dangerous environment.
foxnews.com (15 days ago)
A 27-year-old inmate who was captured after escaping over the weekend from a community work center hanged himself with a sheet at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, prison officials said.
clarionledger.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
WOODVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A prison official says that one inmate has died and several were injured in fights at a prison in southwestern Mississippi that resulted in the facility being put on lockdown.
clarionledger.com (1 month and 2 days ago)
A Hinds County inmate who died in an April 20 prison riot at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility was killed by a single stab wound to the heart, the county coroner says.
clarionledger.com (28 days ago)
Feb. 10 - Antofagasta prison riot ends with 10 inmates slightly injured and clashes between police and family members of the inmates. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
reuters.com (3 months and 12 days ago)

A prison riot has left 13 dead in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi on Saturday, and it’s left authorities attempting to figure out what led up to the deadly riot.According to the head of state...
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