Two Inmates Found Hanged In McAlester Prison

Corrections officials say two inmates have been found dead in their cells at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Friday, November 4th 2011, 8:12 am

By: News 9


Associated Press

McALESTER, Oklahoma -- Corrections officials say two inmates have been found dead in their cells at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Deputy Warden Linda Morgan told the McAlester News-Capital that 36-year-old James Thomas and 42-year-old Adam Wright were found hanged early Thursday as employees were performing an inmate count.

Morgan says both were in single cells located close together in H-unit, where new inmates, those being disciplined and those on death row are housed.

Records show Thomas was serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole out of Oklahoma County for the 1993 killing of Jessie Roberts, his 81-year-old neighbor. Thomas also was sentenced to 400 years for raping Roberts.

Wright was serving a life without parole term out of Custer County for the 1988 deaths of an Anadarko man and his grandson.

logo

Get The Daily Update!

Be among the first to get breaking news, weather, and general news updates from News on 6 delivered right to your inbox!

More Like This

November 4th, 2011

September 29th, 2024

September 17th, 2024

July 4th, 2024

Top Headlines

December 24th, 2024

December 24th, 2024

December 24th, 2024

December 24th, 2024