New lawsuit: Mississippi prison has ‘abhorrent conditions’
Associated Press— The Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman is a violent, rat-infested place where inmates live in “abhorrent conditions” and their medical needs are routinely ignored, attorneys say in a new lawsuit filed on behalf of 152 prisoners The suit was filed in federal court Tuesday, and attorneys are asking for class-action status to cover all current and future inmates at Parchman. Marcy Croft, one of the attorneys representing inmates in the two lawsuits, wrote in the new one that prisoners “endure abhorrent conditions, abuse and constant violence, inadequate health care and mental health care, and overuse of isolation. “ “The conditions of confinement at Parchman are so barbaric, the deprivation of health and mental health care so extreme, and the defects in security so severe, that the people confined at Parchman live a miserable and hopeless existence confronted daily by imminent risk of substantial harm in violation of their rights under the U.S. Constitution,” Croft wrote. Reeves became governor Jan. 14 and said several days later that he has ordered the state Department of Corrections to shut down most of Parchman’s Unit 29, where some of the violence has occurred.
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