Hays State Prison is located just east of U.S. Highway 27, in Trion Ga.An inmate at Hays State Prison in Trion, Ga., was killed early Saturday in a fight with at least one other inmate, authorities said.
Chattooga County Coroner Earle Rainwater said he was called at 6:30 a.m. to the maximum-security prison. He said the inmate was dead when he arrived.
He would not release the inmate’s identity or the cause of death but said there had been a fight. Chattooga County Sheriff John Everett said he heard the inmate who died had been stabbed.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Vernon Keenan said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the slain inmate was attacked by at least one other person.
“The inmate died after having been assaulted by other inmates,” Keenan said, according to the newspaper. “We will not identify any of the perpetrators until we bring charges against them.”