Hinds sheriff confirms two men attacked at troubled county jail

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones confirmed that two men were assaulted while in custody at the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond. However, he said a cellphone video obtained by a family member and shared with Mississippi Today does not depict the attack inside the troubled jail.

Jones told Mississippi Today that 26-year-old Isaac Gibson and 22-year-old Quandarius Beasley were injured in the same housing unit in the early morning hours of April 23 and taken to the jail’s medical bay following a “detainee-on-detainee” attack.

The sheriff said the attack is under investigation, and the attackers have not been identified…

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