Five inmates at the Lowndes County jail sent another inmate to the hospital with a broken eye socket Thursday after he refused to join their gang.
Members of the Gangstas gang attacked the victim at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, said Sheriff”s Detective Eli Perrigin.
The victim was sent to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, where he was treated for the broken eye socket and other facial injuries, Perrigin said. The inmate was transferred back to jail Friday.
The defendants have been charged, although their names and that of the victim were not being released by the Sheriff”s Office because inmates are still being interviewed.
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