Deaths in Custody
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Corey Hudson

25 years old · died December 25, 2020 · Marion Correctional Institution, McDowell County, North Carolina

Corey Hudson, 25, died on Christmas Day 2020 while held at Marion Correctional Institution in Marion, North Carolina. He was found unresponsive in a housing area, and local paramedics responded, but he was pronounced dead at 9:28 p.m. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety reports the death as an apparent suicide. Prison officials and local law enforcement are investigating.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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