Inmate hangs self at East Mississippi Correctional Facility
Published 9:22 pm Thursday, January 17, 2019
- A inmate at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility was found hanging in his cell Thursday evening, authorities said.
A inmate at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility was found hanging in his cell Thursday evening, authorities said.
Guards found the 38-year-old man hanging and performed CPR before he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:45 p.m, said Lauderdale County Coroner Clayton Cobler. The man’s identity was not immediately released.
The man’s body has been taken to the state crime lab for an autopsy, Cobler said.
The facility, which is located outside of Meridian in unincorporated Lauderdale County, is operated by the Management and Training Corporation.
