An uprising in the Adams County Correctional Facility near Natchez Sunday left at least one unidentified guard dead and several more transported to the hospital, officials said.
Adams County Coroner James Lee said one prison guard is dead of blunt force trauma to the head after the incident.
Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield told the Natchez Democrat that hostages were taken and that 15 employees were freed at one time during the uprising by opening a fence and protecting the route with guns. The sheriff said in a statement early Monday that there were at least two dozen hostages being held at one time.
Emilee Beach, a spokeswoman at the Adams County Correctional Center said that after the disturbance was brought under control Sunday night, inmates were being searched and sent back to their cells.
The five injured guards were taken to a hospital and treated for injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.
The Adams County Correctional Facility is a $ 128 million, 2,567-bed prison owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America. The facility houses adult male illegal immigrants for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
The disturbance was contained within the perimeter of the facility, the release from the facility said.
“No threat to public safety,” it read. “Law enforcement officials are providing outside perimeter security as facility staff and management work to resolve the incident inside the facility.”
Lee would not release the identity of the dead guard.
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