PARCHMAN, MS (Ben Caxton) — Mississippi’s inmate death toll rose to at least 27 since December when an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at Parchman Penitentiary in Sunflower County and pronounced dead. The state says there were no signs of foul play involving the as-yet-unnamed 42-year-old prisoner. The state prison system is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department.
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