Federal Inmate Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison for Vicious Assault

Jackson, Miss. – Curtis Pixley, 39, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 78 months in prison for intentionally assaulting another person, and 60 months for possessing a shank in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Mike Hurst.  The sentences will run concurrently. 

On September 7, 2017, Pixley, a federal prisoner at the federal penitentiary in Yazoo City, Mississippi, retrieved a 9-inch shank from his cell, walked to a table where prisoners were seated and, as another prisoner got up from the table, began stabbing the victim repeatedly.

Pixley pled guilty on October 17, 2018 to a Criminal Information charging him with intentionally assaulting another person and possessing a shank in prison.   

The maximum penalty for intentionally assaulting another person in prison is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.  The maximum penalty for possession of a shank in prison is 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.   

The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.