Bell, #172919, was serving a 35-year sentence for multiple convictions in Hinds County. As the Clarion-Ledger notes, of the 12 deaths so far this year, nine of them have occurred at … 10th Mississippi inmate death in prison crisis Ten men have died while in MDOC custody since Dec. 29. JACKSON, Miss. The cause of death has not yet been determined, pending an autopsy. 21 years after her son's death, Amadou Diallo's mom hopes for change ... in his cell after spike in violence in state's prisons. A terminally ill inmate has died at Mississippi's Parchman prison By Christina Maxouris and Artemis Moshtaghian , CNN Updated 8:31 AM ET, Tue February 11, 2020

Eight of them were inmates at Parchman.

Parchman, where roughly 3,600 of Mississippi's 19,000 inmates are incarcerated, has been the target of intense criticism over its "failing infrastructure" and recent deaths.

Meanwhile, more unrest appears to be brewing at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, where an inmate was confirmed dead after a warden put out a … Inmate dies at Parchman, bringing death toll to 27 in Mississippi prisons. (WJTV) – According to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, an inmate housed at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman has … An inmate was found unconscious in his cell today at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. An inmate was found hanging inside his cell in an apparent suicide at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Wednesday, authorities said. The prisoner was found unresponsive during a security check in Parchman's Unit 30, MDOC said. Jasper Bell, 21, was pronounced dead at 12:03 p.m. at Unit 29, where he was housed alone. Parchman inmate dead 'by apparent suicide.'