Died in jail or a lockup

Bennie Turner

40 years old · died April 2017 · Arlington County, Virginia

Bennie Turner, a 40-year-old man, died in April 2017 while held in the Arlington County jail in Virginia. A 2022 DCist report counted him among seven men who died in that county jail between 2015 and 2022. The report's tally of those seven deaths is the only account of them in these sources.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

News report

Arlington NAACP Requests A Department Of Justice Investigation Into The County’s Jail DCist, March 16, 2022

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