This article is third in a series of a reporting collaboration by The Marshall Project - Jackson , Clarion Ledger , Mississippi Today , Hattiesburg American and The Mississippi Link.

During a routine prison shift change at the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Mississippi, the deadly attack unfolding on Unit Charlie 2’s security monitors went unnoticed.

When a new crew would take over for the outgoing guards, the security team would be preoccupied with mundane tasks away from the monitors, a lawsuit and testimony later recounted.

At some point during that shift change, John Lowe was severely injured from the beating he received inside the unit’s shower area and was found by security 10-minutes later, bleeding on the tile floor. He died two days later on July 13, 2021

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