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Alexander Clark

27 years old · died March 17, 2014 · Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis, Maricopa County, Arizona

Alexander Clark, 27, was held at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis, Bachman Unit, in Buckeye, Arizona, when he died in March 2014. The Arizona Department of Corrections said he was attacked by a group of fellow prisoners in the unit's recreation yard on the evening of Monday, March 17, 2014. Officers responded, ordered the men to disperse and locked the unit down, and Clark was taken to a hospital, where he later died. The department said his death is being investigated as a homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Arizona Department of Corrections says fellow inmates attacked Clark in the recreation yard and that the death is being investigated as a homicide.

Reported by: Arizona 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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