Fight breaks out at Parchman 11-01-2010

A FIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT IN UNIT 29 AT THE PARCHMAN STATE PRISON LEAVES THE FACILITY STILL ON LOCK DOWN. MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER EPPS SAYS THE STATE PRISON WILL REMAIN ON LOCK DOWN UNTIL THE INVESTIGATION INTO SATURDAY NIGHT'S BRAWL IS CONCLUDED. LENNIS HILL WAS AMONG SEVERAL INMATES INJURED SATURDAY NIGHT.  HILL, INCARCERATED FOR HOMICIDE IN HARRISON COUNTY, WAS STABBED MULTIPLE TIMES AND IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING AT AN AREA HOSPITAL. MEANWHILE COMMISSIONER EPPS SAYS ANOTHER INMATE WAS BEATEN IN THE HEAD AND FACE WITH A LOCK INSIDE A SOCK AND ANOTHER WAS HIT IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT. BOTH MEN ARE BEING TREATED AT LOCAL HOSPITALS.  EPPS WANTS IT KNOWN THAT HE WILL NOT TOLERATE INMATES WHO ARE CONVICTED FELONS MISBEHAVING ON PARCHMAN GROUNDS AND THAT ALL INMATES INVOLVED IN SATURDAY'S FIGHT WILL BE PUNISHED FOR RULE VIOLATIONS AND WILL BE LOOKING AT SERVING ADDITIONAL TIME.