The news of two missing inmates comes after a week of turmoil at prisons across the state.
Mississippi Clarion LedgerJACKSON, Miss. – Two inmates at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman were reported missing early Saturday, the Mississippi Department of Corrections reported.Five Mississippi inmates have been killed since Sunday across the state, including three amid violence at Parchman, where local coroner Heather Burton says"gangs are at war."
May is serving a life sentence for aggravated assault in Harrison County. Williams is serving 40 years for aggravated assault and burglary in Marshall County.Inmates killed during Mississippi's prison violenceOfficers with the state Department of Public Safety, including the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation,"have been responding to restore order and apprehend the two escapees," Bryant said on Twitter.
Mississippi Department of Corrections officials have offered minimal information since locking down the prison system Sunday after an inmate was killed at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution.
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