Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Demarcus Fernando Harris

46 years old · died September 29, 2020 · Fountain Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

Demarcus Fernando Harris was 46 years old. He died on September 29, 2020, at Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, reportedly stabbed by another incarcerated man. The Alabama Department of Corrections did not confirm his death until a week later and said the exact cause would await a full autopsy.

Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Alabama Department of Corrections reported he was stabbed to death by another inmate, with the exact cause awaiting autopsy.

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.

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