Deputy warden charged with injury inmate at Mississippi State Penitentiary
A federal grand jury has charged a deputy warden at Mississippi’s State Penitentiary with injuring an inmate in 2016 and lying about it to investigators.
Prosecutors said Melvin Hilson was a member of the K9 unit at the prison when the inmate was struck and repeatedly knocked to the ground.
The indictment said Hilson falsely claimed in a report that he had found some type of contraband on the inmate.
It also accused Hilson of lying about the incident to Mississippi Department of Corrections investigators. The indictment was dated June 24th.
Hilson has pleaded not guilty. Arraignment is set for Thursday with a trial date set for August 23rd.
