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Prison signage at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility stands along U.S. Highway 49 in Tutwiler.
TUTWILER — A recent prisoner uprising involving a half-dozen inmates at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility was quelled on the eve of Independence Day, according to a spokesperson for the facility.