A 10th inmate has died while in custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections since Dec. 29.

The department tweeted that the man was found dead in his cell at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Wednesday morning from an apparent suicide. This was the eighth death in the past month that has occurred at Parchman.

An inmate was found dead by apparent suicide in his one-man cell at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on Wednesday morning. The death in Unit 29 appears to be by hanging, according to the Sunflower County coroner. — MDOC (@MS_MDOC) January 22, 2020

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Sunflower County Coroner Heather Burton released a statement obtained by the Clarion Ledger saying the guards found the man hanging in his cell, cut him down and attempted to perform CPR before he was pronounced dead.

The department said that the investigation into the death will continue, and the cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy, according to the Clarion Ledger. The man was not identified because next of kin still needed to be notified.

The Department of Corrections has attributed some of the deaths to gang violence. Other inmates were reportedly injured in recent events, but spokesperson Grace Fisher has said the number still needs to be confirmed while the investigation is ongoing, according to the newspaper.

The department’s officials have warned that as funding has decreased for prisons, the institutions are facing understaffing and unsafe housing.

The Southern Poverty Law Center encouraged the Department of Justice to investigate these state prisons earlier this month saying additional deaths may occur if it doesn’t.