According to WLBT, an inmate was killed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
He was identified by the Sunflower County Coroner as Raymond Coffee of Lafayette County. The coroner told WTVA he died of a single stab wound.
Burl Cain, the MDOC Commissioner said that the incident happened Thursday morning around 2:00 a.m.
WLBT reports that investigators have video surveillance and have identified those responsible for the inmate’s death.