Deaths in Custody
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Albert Smith

69 years old · died September 8, 2020 · Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, Rankin County, Mississippi

Albert Smith, 69, was held at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, Mississippi, when he died on September 8, 2020. He had been hospitalized since early August and was pronounced dead at a hospital in Jackson. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said it believed he died of natural causes, and an autopsy was expected to determine the official cause and manner of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says he died of natural causes, and an autopsy was pending.

Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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