Prison guard dead at Adams County prison riot

A WLBT report

NATCHEZ – A prison guard has died and several other employees have been injured during what is being called an “an inmate disturbance” at a southwest Mississippi prison.

WLBT has been told the Mississippi National Guard has arrived at the facility.

A spokeswoman for the Adams County Sheriff’s Office Emily Ham confirmed Sunday evening that the guard died while being transported to a hospital. She said Corrections Corp. of America, the prison’s private operator, is working with law-enforcement authorities to bring the disturbance under control.

CCA said in a news release that the disturbance began at around 2:40 p.m. CDT.

The news release said five employees were transported to a local hospital for treatment of injuries and one was taken offsite.

It said “the disturbance is contained within the secure perimeter of the facility, with no threat to public safety.”

The 2,567-bed prison houses federal inmates.

The company said the cause of disturbance is pending investigation.

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