Inmate dies after fight at Wilkinson County prison

Published 2:21 pm Monday, May 26, 2014

Wilkinson County Correctional Facility spokesman Issa Arnita says inmate Kendrick Walker died in a fight involving six inmates Sunday afternoon in one of the prison’s housing units.

Another inmate was seriously injured. Four others have injuries that aren’t life-threatening.

Arnita says the prison remains on lockdown Monday and the death is being investigated. He says authorities don’t yet know the motive behind the fight.

Utah-based Management & Training Corp. runs the prison, which has 950 inmates.

An inmate died at the same prison in April 2013 in a broader disturbance, when it was run by Corrections Corporation of America.