‘The Gangs Run the Prison’: Witness Disputes Official Parchman Death Account

A gang helmsman at Unit 30B of the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Miss., shouted a threatening message about some inmates he had singled out from that unit in January 2020.

News, Prison, Mississippi NewsKatherine MitchellDecember 10, 2022Parchman, inmate murder, prisoner death, prison gangs, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Unit 30B, Burl Cain, DOJ investigation, constitutional rights violation, prison conditions, murder witness, dope, drugs