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.

Cases: 479326

Reported Deaths: 9353

County	Cases	Deaths
Harrison	32779	484
Hinds	30924	582
DeSoto	30319	353
Jackson	23542	341
Rankin	21235	366
Lee	14803	219
Madison	14120	271
Jones	13327	223
Forrest	13078	236
Lauderdale	11501	303
Lowndes	10377	176
Lamar	10163	130
Pearl River	9008	217
Lafayette	8193	137
Hancock	7404	111
Oktibbeha	6909	122
Washington	6900	150
Monroe	6459	159
Neshoba	6441	201
Warren	6387	163
Pontotoc	6230	93
Panola	6203	125
Bolivar	6072	144
Marshall	6068	121
Union	5713	86
Pike	5574	135
Alcorn	5332	89
Lincoln	5283	131
George	4660	72
Scott	4547	96
Leflore	4444	140
Prentiss	4433	77
Tippah	4421	80
Itawamba	4415	99
Adams	4376	116
Tate	4327	101
Simpson	4313	112
Wayne	4307	66
Copiah	4295	87
Yazoo	4196	86
Covington	4132	92
Sunflower	4123	104
Marion	4073	104
Leake	3954	86
Coahoma	3910	98
Newton	3672	74
Grenada	3543	104
Stone	3503	59
Tishomingo	3332	88
Attala	3242	86
Jasper	3131	62
Winston	3030	91
Clay	2941	73
Chickasaw	2862	65
Clarke	2798	90
Calhoun	2639	40
Holmes	2613	87
Smith	2480	48
Yalobusha	2196	47
Tallahatchie	2175	50
Walthall	2099	58
Greene	2068	45
Lawrence	2057	32
Perry	1985	53
Amite	1976	51
Webster	1950	42
Noxubee	1777	39
Montgomery	1716	54
Jefferson Davis	1674	42
Carroll	1614	37
Tunica	1508	34
Benton	1415	33
Kemper	1380	39
Claiborne	1261	34
Choctaw	1260	26
Humphreys	1259	37
Franklin	1163	28
Quitman	1034	26
Wilkinson	1015	36
Jefferson	873	33
Sharkey	623	20
Issaquena	192	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 778549

Reported Deaths: 13665

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	110587	1747
Mobile	70465	1206
Madison	49152	610
Baldwin	35946	479
Shelby	35796	302
Tuscaloosa	33410	532
Montgomery	32906	672
Lee	22231	216
Calhoun	20791	397
Morgan	19605	326
Etowah	18837	449
Marshall	17465	272
Houston	16452	368
St. Clair	15233	293
Limestone	14376	182
Cullman	14348	246
Elmore	14241	256
Lauderdale	13298	278
Talladega	12699	230
DeKalb	12036	233
Walker	10430	323
Autauga	9568	133
Blount	9555	152
Jackson	9235	146
Coffee	8728	169
Colbert	8426	179
Dale	8410	170
Escambia	6526	114
Tallapoosa	6501	172
Covington	6396	163
Chilton	6293	141
Russell	5985	55
Franklin	5719	100
Chambers	5315	133
Marion	4734	115
Dallas	4665	182
Clarke	4570	76
Pike	4562	94
Geneva	4315	116
Winston	4171	92
Lawrence	4086	108
Bibb	4016	80
Barbour	3419	68
Marengo	3231	83
Butler	3149	88
Monroe	3146	52
Pickens	3004	70
Randolph	2999	55
Henry	2983	56
Hale	2893	83
Cherokee	2846	52
Fayette	2756	72
Washington	2448	48
Crenshaw	2351	68
Clay	2251	63
Macon	2176	57
Cleburne	2171	49
Lamar	1921	40
Conecuh	1796	46
Lowndes	1701	58
Coosa	1664	32
Wilcox	1557	36
Bullock	1477	42
Perry	1360	36
Sumter	1241	36
Greene	1201	42
Choctaw	728	26
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0

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