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Mississippi prison system announces 2 more deaths of inmates

The Mississippi Department of Corrections has announced the deaths of two inmates.

Posted: Sep 26, 2020 5:23 PM

Posted By: Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections has announced the deaths of two inmates.

One of them — 72-year-old Charles William Morris — will be buried at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility because the department could not find his relatives.

The department said Friday that Morris died Sept. 14 in a Jackson hospital.

He was serving life plus 25 years for murder and rape convictions. He was sentenced in 2002 in Harrison County.

The department said 66-year-old Danny Kaye Watts died Thursday at the Parchman prison hospital.

He was sentenced in 2008 in Pike County for unlawful touching and sexual battery of a child.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Confirmed Cases: 119336

Reported Deaths: 3328

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Hinds	8135	180
DeSoto	7422	80
Harrison	5566	87
Jackson	4917	90
Rankin	4171	86
Madison	3894	94
Lee	3708	82
Forrest	3141	79
Jones	2999	84
Washington	2667	100
Lauderdale	2639	135
Lafayette	2591	43
Lamar	2359	40
Oktibbeha	2066	56
Bolivar	2062	79
Neshoba	1894	111
Lowndes	1832	62
Leflore	1741	88
Panola	1734	41
Sunflower	1665	50
Warren	1571	56
Monroe	1554	74
Pontotoc	1528	20
Marshall	1518	31
Lincoln	1467	59
Pike	1412	56
Copiah	1404	37
Scott	1290	29
Coahoma	1270	37
Union	1264	25
Yazoo	1254	35
Simpson	1249	50
Tate	1248	39
Grenada	1239	40
Itawamba	1198	28
Pearl River	1188	60
Leake	1178	42
Holmes	1154	60
Adams	1106	45
Prentiss	1104	20
Alcorn	1061	12
Wayne	1035	22
George	1033	20
Covington	1001	29
Marion	972	44
Tippah	962	25
Newton	884	28
Hancock	883	29
Chickasaw	875	29
Winston	870	21
Tallahatchie	864	26
Tishomingo	833	41
Attala	811	27
Clarke	785	53
Clay	718	22
Jasper	702	17
Walthall	649	27
Calhoun	638	13
Smith	608	16
Noxubee	604	17
Yalobusha	570	16
Montgomery	569	23
Lawrence	562	14
Claiborne	542	16
Tunica	539	17
Perry	534	23
Carroll	515	12
Stone	506	14
Greene	482	18
Humphreys	468	17
Amite	435	13
Jefferson Davis	426	13
Quitman	424	6
Webster	383	13
Benton	370	11
Wilkinson	343	21
Kemper	335	15
Sharkey	292	15
Jefferson	284	10
Franklin	253	3
Choctaw	210	6
Issaquena	107	4
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Confirmed Cases: 162720

Reported Deaths: 2735

County	Confirmed	Deaths
Jefferson	24088	384
Mobile	17166	319
Tuscaloosa	10641	142
Montgomery	10576	205
Madison	9619	98
Shelby	7660	67
Baldwin	6888	71
Lee	6669	65
Calhoun	4806	63
Marshall	4500	51
Etowah	4445	53
Morgan	4428	35
Houston	4265	35
DeKalb	3579	29
Elmore	3292	58
St. Clair	3138	43
Limestone	3003	33
Walker	2902	93
Talladega	2777	37
Cullman	2719	25
Lauderdale	2437	43
Jackson	2282	18
Autauga	2141	31
Colbert	2125	32
Franklin	2107	32
Blount	2039	25
Russell	1999	3
Chilton	1926	32
Dallas	1894	27
Dale	1862	52
Coffee	1851	11
Covington	1787	29
Escambia	1760	31
Clarke	1391	17
Tallapoosa	1385	87
Chambers	1381	47
Pike	1370	14
Marion	1118	31
Barbour	1056	9
Marengo	1053	22
Butler	1020	41
Geneva	959	7
Winston	953	13
Pickens	900	18
Lawrence	899	33
Bibb	866	15
Randolph	853	16
Hale	783	30
Cherokee	769	15
Clay	767	12
Washington	759	12
Henry	736	6
Lowndes	723	28
Monroe	663	10
Bullock	651	17
Crenshaw	616	30
Fayette	604	13
Perry	602	6
Cleburne	581	9
Conecuh	573	13
Wilcox	572	12
Macon	550	20
Lamar	525	5
Sumter	487	21
Choctaw	395	12
Greene	346	16
Coosa	219	3
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0