In a mississippi jail, inmates became weapons after a violent scandal involving his deputies, a popular sheriff survived calls to resign But another scandal was already brewing in his county jail. In a brutal mississippi jail, inmates say they were enlisted as enforcers This article is part of a collaborative investigation into mississippi’s deadly prisons At least 42 people have been killed inside mississippi prisons in the past decade, leaving scores of grieving families questioning a system that fails to protect people in its custody or hold anyone accountable. Mississippi department of corrections officials declined multiple requests for an interview about killings across the prison system, but released an emailed statement.
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