Alexis Machado
Alexis Machado was remembered by his sister Cynthia as an intelligent and thoughtful man with a warm smile, a loving brother, son and uncle who wrote clearly and wanted to be treated fairly. He had been held in the isolation units at Pelican Bay State Prison for nearly two years when he died on October 24, 2011, by hanging in his cell. The autopsy found death by strangulation from hanging and negative toxicology results, and it listed the manner as suicide. His family says his mental health declined sharply in the year before his death and links that decline to prolonged isolation.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The autopsy report found death by strangulation by hanging, and his family says his mental health declined sharply in the year before his death, which they link to prolonged isolation.
Reported by: autopsy report; his family.