Officials say a riot at a privately run federal prison in southwest Mississippi that left one guard dead and five other correctional officers and an inmate injured has been brought under control.
Prison spokeswoman Emilee Beach said the uprising at the Adams County facility was brought under control Sunday night, hours after it started.
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Smoke rises above the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., Sunday, May 20, 201, during an inmate disturbance at the prison. A guard at the southwest Mississippi prison died Sunday and several other employees were injured during what the facility's private operator is calling "an inmate disturbance" that continued into the evening. (AP Photos/The Natchez Democrat, Lauren Wood)
Close Adams County Coroner James Lee confirmed that a prison guard died, but he said he could not provide any other details. An Adams County sheriff's spokeswoman said the guard died while being transported to a hospital.
Beach said the prison, owned and operated by Corrections Corp. of America, holds illegal immigrants, most for charges of re-entering the United States after being deported.
Beach said the injured guards were taken to a local hospital and treated for injuries that weren't life-threatening.
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