JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections said Wednesday that it is investigating the death of an inmate at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville.
Nathaniel Bryan Taylor, 32, was taken by ambulance to the Greene County Hospital on Wednesday and was pronounced dead in the emergency room. An autopsy will be done.
Taylor was at least the 54th Mississippi inmate to die since late December. Several inmates died during outbursts of violence in late December and early January. The U.S. Justice Department announced in February that it is investigating Mississippi’s prison system.
Taylor was serving 20 years for four convictions. He was convicted of robbery in Washington County and armed robbery, possession of stolen property and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in Leflore County. He was sentenced April 4, 2015, for the first conviction and Feb. 12, 2016, for the other three crimes.
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