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Antawon Johson

35 years old · died August 14, 2025 · Upstate Correctional Facility, Franklin County, New York

Antawon Johson died on August 14, 2025 at Upstate Correctional Facility, in the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. Antawon Johson was 35 years old. The New York Attorney General's Office of Special Investigation, which reviews deaths in which an officer may have played a part, was notified of the death and lists it as an assault by another incarcerated person.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: New York State Office of the Attorney General, Office of Special Investigation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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