Alex Lewis
Alexander Lewis, 21, of Wilton, died at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham around 1:30 a.m. on July 14, 2022, according to the Maine Department of Corrections. The department said the Attorney General's Office and the medical examiner were notified, as its policy requires, and it has not released the circumstances of his death. An advocacy group that tracks deaths in Maine jails and prisons says he died by suicide. He had been working on a book of poetry, and at a rally in Augusta that September, a speaker read two of his poems.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. An advocacy group that tracks deaths in Maine jails and prisons says he died by suicide, and the Department of Corrections has not released the circumstances of his death.
Reported by: advocacy group tracking in-custody deaths (advocates).