2022

September

Friday the 2nd

• Former Deputy Warden at Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Inmate Melvin Hilson, 50, a former deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release for violating an inmate’s civil rights in 2016.
• Indictment: Guard repeatedly struck inmate, lied about it

May

Friday the 27th

• Former deputy warden pleads guilty to assaulting inmate at Parchman Prison Melvin Hilson, 49, a former deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, also known as Parchman, pleaded guilty Thursday to violating an inmate’s civil rights in 2016. Hilson was charged with violating the inmate’s civil rights by repeatedly striking him and knocking him to the ground, which…

Thursday the 26th

• Former Mississippi Deputy Warden Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Inmate at Parchman Prison Melvin Hilson, 49, a former deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, which is also known as Parchman, pleaded guilty today to violating an inmate’s civil rights in 2016.

2021

June

Wednesday the 30th

• Mississippi Prison’s Deputy Warden Charged with Civil Rights Offense for Beating Inmate The Justice Department announced yesterday that a federal grand jury indicted Melvin Hilson, 49, currently a deputy warden at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, for repeatedly striking an inmate and knocking him to the ground, resulting in injury to the inmate.