Died in prison
Corey Jerome Johnson
Corey Jerome Johnson, a Black man, died on January 11, 2023, while held at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Springville, Alabama, a state prison run by the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department lists his death as a suicide by hanging. A news report on the facility's deaths that year included his name, age of 49, and date, but gave no further details of the circumstances.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Alabama Department of Corrections classifies the death as a suicide by hanging, according to records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars.
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.