Bem Holloway
Bem Holloway, 22, was held at Odom Correctional Institution in Jackson, North Carolina, and was working in a cotton field on a Northampton County work farm on July 31, 2006, when three prisoners tried to flee. According to Correction Department spokeswoman Patty McQuillan and prison superintendent Charles Hill, officers fired on the group to stop the escape, and Holloway was shot in the back and killed. Two other men were wounded.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. Correction Department spokeswoman Patty McQuillan and prison superintendent Charles Hill say officers shot Holloway in the back while firing to stop an escape attempt.
Reported by: Correction Department spokeswoman Patty McQuillan and prison superintendent Charles Hill (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.