Douglas Scott Arey
Douglas Scott Arey was 67 when he died on Easter Sunday, March 27, 2016, while held at a Maryland prison, where he had been since 1974. A public defender described him as very well respected in the prison community, where he spent years educating himself and others about the law and helping people with their cases. A professor who ran a prison book club said he was smart, articulate and a central part of the group, and that he loved Orwell, Hemingway and Steinbeck. A spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said he died of natural causes.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. A Maryland corrections department spokesman said Douglas Scott Arey died of natural causes.
Reported by: spokesman for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.